There’ll be days like this, says Moyes

David Moyes never thought replacing Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager was going to be easy and warned the transition may be a lengthy one.

Sunday’s 4-1 defeat at Manchester City has brought an even sharper focus on Moyes than already existed following his appointment as Ferguson’s successor in the summer.

Various reasons have been put forward for the scale of United’s defeat at the Etihad Stadium, which is terms of its one-sided nature had more in common with the 5-1 drubbing Ferguson’s team sustained at City’s hands in 1989 rather than the hiding suffered at Old Trafford two years ago, when the visitors scored three in stoppage time.