article_snippet: last chance of a trophy .
article_snippet: The most telling moments of this FA Cup tie came in the second half.
article_snippet: It was a close game at that point.
article_snippet: This is a valid tactic and one that worked at West Ham last month.
article_snippet: Radamel Falcao were still there when an aimless hoof from Phil Jones rolled out of play for a goal-kick and referee Michael Oliver
article_snippet: signalled the end of the game.
article_snippet: United, whether they knew it or not, hired a pragmatist last summer and it is that side of the manager that the supporters are seeing now.
article_snippet: More pertinent is the fact that one of European football’s leading coaches decided — at the sharp end of a home cup tie that he knew he team must win —
article_snippet: to put he trust in some Hackney Marshes football rather than ask two players in whom he club has invested millions of pounds to go on and change the game through method and design.
article_snippet: The cross Louis van Gaal's delivered for Wayne Rooney to equalise on Monday was evidence of that.