Louis van Gaal has not given up on qualifying for the Champions League despite conceding Manchester United missed an opportunity in Tuesdays defeat at West Ham. Manchester United were 14 minutes away from crashing West Hams Boleyn Ground farewell after Anthony Martials double set them on course for a victory that would have seen them leapfrog Manchester City into fourth position.But the Hammers staged a late, stirring comeback on their final outing at their historic ground to seal a 3-2 win, leaving Man Uniteds top-four hopes out of their hands heading into their final-day fixture against Bournemouth. Manchester Uniteds French striker Anthony Martial scored twice It is the same story, we dont have it in our hands but it is still possible, we can still catch Manchester City because they have to beat Swansea and thats not so easy for them, Van Gaal told Sky Sports.Bournemouth (on Sunday) is also not easy because we have to cope with this big disappointment. When you are 1-0 behind and you change it to 2-1 and then lose again its a mental blow. Slaven Bilic said that West Ham were under pressure to win their final game at the Boleyn Ground Of course this is a missed opportunity, you could imagine how thrilled the players and fans and the coach also would have been in this situation. We have to cope with it and at the end we lost 3-2 so we have missed an opportunity.Defeat in East London means Van Gaals side will miss out on qualification for Europes elite-club competition if their cross-city rivals win at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday.Manchester United, whose team coach was attacked en route to the stadium, struggled to cope with a rampant Hammers outfit on an emotionally-charged night.But Van Gaal refused to attribute his sides defeat to the ugly scenes pre-match, and instead highlighted their inability to deal with West Hams aerial threat from set-pieces or retain possession. Manchester United let a 2-1 lead slip We gave set-plays away which they could score from and we had difficulties with set plays, he added.We knew that in advance and, despite being 2-1 ahead, we couldnt managed that. We gave too many fouls away near the 60 meters and that was our problem.It is always difficult, they are good at set plays, the statistics show that and we are small. You have to organise that but still you dont have the centimetres and thats the problem. Manchester Uniteds team coach was attacked as it neared the ground When you are 2-1 you have to keep the ball better than we did. You can look at the set plays but I think we have to keep the ball better.West Hams players did everything to win and you could see that from the first minute. 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James Maloney believes the State of Origin career of his premiership winning halves partner Mitchell Pearce is far from over.NSW coach Laurie Daley considered calling up Pearce for State of Origin III for the injured Adam Reynolds but decided against it because he felt it would put too much undue pressure on the Sydney Roosters star.Pearce returned to form with a man-of-the-match effort in the Roosters loss to Canterbury last weekend in just his fourth game of the NRL season due to suspension and a calf injury.And current NSW pivot Maloney, who combined with Pearce for the Roosters 2013 premiership and played all three Origin games with him that year, said the 27-year-old has shown he still has the skills to play for the Blues.It is great for Mitch that he was considered, Maloney said from the Blues Coffs Harbour base on Thursday.There is no doubt he is still a very good halfback option for NSW. He played awesome against the Bulldogs the other day. He has had limited games back and he sort of kicks off where he left off, he is a professional playeer like that.ddddddddddddHe is always going to be there in the frame for NSW, he is still only young and he is one of the best halves in the state.Pearce played alongside Trent Hodkinson in the halves for the Blues in all three Origin games last year.The son of NRL great Wayne Pearce has often worn the brunt of criticism following a NSW series loss. It is one of the reasons why Daley sought to protect him.I caught up with Mitch a few weeks back and he is doing really well, the scrutiny would all come from you guys (the media) Maloney said.He has copped a pretty hard wrap through Origin and it has always seemed to be his fault when NSW lost, which wasnt the case.He has always taken that really well, the way he has fought back at club level after copping that criticism.That is a credit to him, he is one of the better options for NSW in the halves here, and there will be plenty more footy for him back here with the Blues. ' ' '