John O’Shea refuses to put boot in on Louis van Gaal

Sunderland 2 Man Utd 1: John O’Shea didn’t need to give an answer, the question he was posed said it all about United’s continuing woes.

When he was at Old Trafford, finishing second was a failure.

Now, trailing in fourth is seen as a success. After Louis van Gaal and his players declined requests to discuss their predicament in the post-match media mixed zone following a first league defeat on Wearside for 19 years, O’Shea was unwittingly left as the one to dissect the unfolding nightmare at the Theatre of Dreams.