Sad Van Gaal dubs Dimi a diver

LVG During the Barclays Premier League match between United and Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on December 26, 2015

Manchester United’s excuse finding under pressure boss Louis van Gaal ridiculously claimed that Dimi Payet dived in a bid to win yesterday’s match.

Mind you, he had little if anything to say about his team’s equaliser which should have been ruled out at a stroke after goalkeeper Darren Randolph was clearly fouled in the build-up.

Instead he implied that Payet should not have been on the pitch to score the 68th-minute goal after accusing him of diving to try to con referee Martin Atkinson.

Payet was already on a booking when he went down in the United area under a challenge from Marcos Rojo, but Atkison chose not to award a penalty.

Van Gaal said: “Payet was more or less diving. He was maybe touched, but not enough to fall like that.”

But Hammers boss Slaven Bilic had no doubt that Payet was the injured party in the accident saying: “For me, it should have been a penalty on Dimitri..

“A dive? Come on. If you have a screen I am going to show you and defend my point at Cambridge [Union].

“You can clearly see there is contact. So it’s definitely not a dive, 100 per cent not a dive.”