Paul Merson believes it would be a miracle if Manchester United beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final, and if they do manage it, Erik ten Hag should get knighted .
are ending the season extremely poorly. They have only won one of their last eight Premier League matches, leaving a sixth-place finish as the best-case scenario.
but their performance was an improvement on last Monday s 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace.
Red Devils manager Ten Hag is understandably under a huge amount of pressure, especially with new owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe heavily scrutinising every move he makes between now and the end of the campaign.
There is the possibility that winning the FA Cup final against rivals Man City could save Ten Hag, but that was not the case for Louis van Gaal in 2016 when he won the competition and lost his job.
Winning the FA Cup should not just buy the Dutchman more time, according to Merson, who reckons the feat would be so impressive that he should get knighted if it happens.
I mean, if they beat Man City in the FA Cup final, looking at the last few results, looking at Palace, he should get knighted, Merson said on Sky Sports.
He should get knighted. I m not exaggerating. He should get knighted, because it would be a miracle. It would be a miracle if they beat Man City.
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Merson added that he is baffled by United s current situation, especially as the biggest club in the world .
I didn t think in my lifetime that I d see this, he continued.
I mean, eighth in the league this is still like sitting here today, in my opinion, the biggest club in the world. You know, still one of the biggest clubs in the world.
While Man Utd end the season in the worst way possible, their opponents for the showcase final at Wembley are ending it ridiculously strongly.
