<!--Article Start--> <p style="text-align: justify">Following his teama s comprehensive 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal was beaming.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The Dutchman had come under severe criticism after United suffered a defeat in the FA Cup quarterfinal to Arsenal at Old Trafford on Monday, and had been involved in a little bit of a tussle with the media too at a post-game press conference.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">In this, Uniteda s first game since that defeat, Van Gaala s side were brilliant, putting three goals past Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris by the 34<sup>th</sup> minute with Marouane Fellaini, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney all getting on the scorecard.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The 63-year-old, did, however, issue a word of caution for his team who play fierce rivals Liverpool at Anfield next Sunday.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"We've made a very big first step. But now we have to go to Liverpool who are also a competitor of ours," he said.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Maybe, apart from the first five minutes, we had control over the match.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"We scored beautiful goals, and didn't give so much away. We played very well."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">England and United captain Rooney, who scored a wonderful goal by running past a couple of defenders and slotting home calmly, was under the spotlight after a video of him getting involved in a boxing match at his own house with Phil Bradsley appeared on the front page of <em>The Sun</em>. The 29-year-old put on an epic celebration following the win, perhaps to give it back to the media.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Following the game, Rooney was asked about the celebration and didna t seem too happy about the media meddling in his personal life.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a Friends messing around in a private house ends up on the front page of the newspaper. That's the world we live in.a </p> <p style="text-align: justify">a It didn't bother me. I was just focusing on the game.a </p> <p style="text-align: justify">His manager too echoed his sentiments by downplaying the incident at first and then by refusing to answer too many questions about it.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"In what a world we live that we are talking about such a thing - that a newspaper paid a lot for a video and I am answering questions about that," he said.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"What is this world, twisted? I don't want to answer questions about such things."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Former Everton man Marouane Fellaini was adjudged the man of the match for his superb first goal and impressive overall contribution to that 3-0 win.</p> <!--Article End-->