Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal pulled off a major gaffe over the summer when he accidentally forgot Chris Smalling’s name – and called him Mike.

The embrassing but hilarious incident is the sort of thing that can happen to anybody, but Van Gaal has only gone and done it again.

During no the post match press conference following the 1-0 Champions League win over CSKA Moscow, Van Gaal paid tribute to Smalling’s goal line clearance while the scores were at 0-0.

‘David De Gea has saved us, then after that, Michael Smalling has saved us,’ he said.


Oh dear.



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Louis van Gaal got a little confused in his interview (Picture: Twitter)