Louis van Gaal says Manchester United must beat Manchester City in Sundays derby showdown to prevent their season being over. A 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool was not enough to prevent a Europa League last-16 exit on an aggregate score of 3-1 to leave the Red Devils fighting against the odds to qualify for the Champions League via their domestic form.They trail City by four points in the Premier League and they meet their local rivals at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 3.30pm. I hope City is the catalyst. We have to beat City and we have a chance to still qualify (for Champions League), he said.There is always pressure. Expectations are very high so pressure for these players is always very high. We can cope with that but we were not lucky (against Liverpool).We had to recover from the West Ham game (last Sunday) and Liverpool had a week free and you could see that in the last 15 minutes and now we have the same against City.But we keep our confidence because Arsenal had the same benefit three weeks ago and we beat them also (3-2). Louis van Gaal says victory over Man City will keep their season alive Van Gaal insists he had nothing but pride in his players despite them failing to get the job done at home to their arch-rivals.The concession of brilliant goal by Philippe Coutinho just before half-time, cancelling out Anthony Martials penalty, meant United had to score three more and that never looked likely.In the second half, we tried to raise ourselves out of disappointment but you know, the fans know, everyone knows we have to score three goals and that was more difficult, he said. 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Hes thrown seven interceptions and just six touchdown passes.His seven interceptions are tied with Ryan Tannehill for third-most in the league behind former Houston quarterback Ryan Fitzpatricks 10 and Jameis Winston, who has eight entering Monday night.Osweiler leads an offense that ranks 29th in the NFL by averaging just 208.6 yards passing a game. Houstons offense was terrible on third downs on Sunday, converting just one of 13 opportunities. Osweiler often seemed frazzled in the pocket and once bounced a short pass to a wide open receiver.Of course, the quarterback isnt the only one to blame for Houstons woes. Hes playing behind a line that allowed four sacks on Sunday and that let him be hit 13 times against the Vikings.Despite Osweilers struggles, coach Bill OBrien refused to criticize him, instead taking the blame for the teams poor performance.I think overall Ive been happy with the way the guy has prepared, havent been happy with the way the offense has played, not blaming it on anybody, except right here, OBrien said pointing at himself.OBrien also didnt blame the line for not protecting Osweiler better, claiming that the excessive number of hits he took were because he didnt call the right plays.Another area of concern for this offeense is that Osweiler failed to get the ball to star receiver DeAndre Hopkins enough to impact the game.dddddddddddd Hopkins had a touchdown late on Sunday, but it was after the game was already out of hand.He finished with five receptions for 56 yards, but had no receptions at halftime. This came a week after Hopkins was limited to one catch for 4 yards in a win over the Titans.Didnt get involved until late (Sunday), we need to do that earlier obviously, OBrien said. We know what a player he is ... and so were going to work really hard to try to figure out how to get him the ball more often.Hopkins was asked about the struggles of the offense on Monday and how they can correct things to improve this week. He was unusually short in his response to this question and all other queries thrown his way.Working every day, he said. Nobodys perfect.Its clear that teams focus on limiting Hopkins every week and often double team him. Despite that, Osweiler knows that he has to do a better job of getting the ball to both him and rookie Will Fuller , who was held to one reception for 4 yards against Minnesota.The bottom line, if the receivers are not getting the ball, who is the first person you need to look at? It is me, Osweiler said.I need to play better and I need to find a way, regardless of what the defense is doing, to get those guys the football.As bleak as things looked on Sunday, the Texans still lead the AFC South , and a win against the Colts would push their cushion to two games against Indy in the division.Weve got a lot of good things ahead of us if we can correct a lot of these things, OBrien said.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '