The 19-year-old Belgium international was one of the few success stories during the disastrous reign of van Gaal's predecessor, David Moyes.
At the corresponding stage of last season, he had made 24 appearances and scored three goals, including two in a 2-1 victory at Sunderland that heralded his arrival on the Premier League scene.
But under van Gaal, Januzaj has been involved in only 14 games to date this season, with his start in Saturday's 3-1 victory over Leicester City just his fourth of the campaign and first since November.
"I've not been playing for so long so it was good to get 90 minutes, even if I was really tired in the last 15 minutes and got cramp," said Januzaj.
"Of course we want to win the FA Cup and this is a big chance to win it. We were good going forward against Leicester and could have scored more than three goals, but hopefully we can take this into Tuesday night and win the game."
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