article_snippet.sent: The United team Louis van Gaal left to David Moyes moved only backwards while this season’s version has only occasionally appeared genuinely purposeful under Louis van Gaal.
article_snippet.sent: How the Premier League table looks ahead of April 4 .
article_snippet.sent: Now, though, towards the end of this peculiar the Premier League season, life at the business end of the Premier League table has become a little more interesting.
article_snippet.sent: Successive United victories over Tottenham and Liverpool have left both those teams listing a little.
article_snippet.sent: two, three and four in the Premier League have begun to look rather interchangeable and it’s Manchester United who look in decent shape to benefit.
article_snippet.sent: so it’s nice for Manchester United.
article_snippet.sent: Louis van Gaal team have let Louis van Gaal down before this season and Manchester United still have each of the current top three to play between now and mid-May.
article_snippet.sent: All season Manchester United have been allowed to keep in touch with the top four simply because of other teams’ failings.
article_snippet.sent: United have, by common consensus, been scratchy at best this season
article_snippet.sent: At the root of all this, of course, is that this remains a rather average Premier League.
article_snippet.sent: this remains a rather average Premier League contains only one very good side and they, Chelsea, have waned they a little recently.