Football League Cup seems to be taking more media space than that of other high profile tourneys including premier league these days that is why we have a new starlet in town after every Capital one game that saw a surprising turnaround. Last game between Manchester United and Middlesbrough was one such game that saw Reds Devils failed to restrict their visitors and lost the game in penalty shootout but bigger news is that boss Aitor Karanka wasted no time in presenting Riverside side as a better one than Reds Devils. No one can even think of believing his claims but it was his day hence no one objected over his overconfidence after a triumph against such a big side. One other hand, United completely failed to show its strength against a low profile side and even manager Van Gaal looked helpless on the field despite being dominating in the game time; his teammates were not impressive in the penalty shootout and lost the game. Anyways, capitalizing the opportunity at its best, 42-year-old Spanish boss said talking about his team and how they were better than the hosts, he said, “I told my players after the game that we were better than them — we were more confident on the pitch, we were fitter than them.
“For that reason, I have to say how proud I am of my players. Penalties sometimes you lose — last season we lost against Liverpool after 30 penalties — and sometimes you can win like today. The main thing is the performance, and the performance today against Man United, a big team, it was amazing.”
It’s obvious to see such overconfidence after overcoming a big rival and that seems to be happening with the second tire English cub and with latest show they can surely aspire for a qualification in the premier league which is their objective at the moment. He added, “I am so proud of my players and our crowd should be. To beat Man United, Man City and go face to face with Liverpool and Arsenal is some achievement. Two years ago if we’d have thought we could have nights like this… My aim is to get the club to these kinds of stadiums every week.”
Though no reaction has until come from United camp, it is likely they would have been doing an intro of what happened to them playing at home in front of home crowd and if they can improve their show in premier league where they have slept to number four.