David Moyes has to make it count

05 October,2013 04:04 AM IST |   |  AFP

Having endured their worst start to an EPL season in 24 years, all eyes will be on the Man United boss today as the Red Devils play Sunderland


Manchester United manager David Moyes has no doubt his side will turn around their difficult start to the campaign and figure in the title reckoning.


Manchester United manager David Moyes

Moyes succeeded Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford in pre-season following the trophy-laden manager's retirement and, since then, the Premier League champions have lost three of their first six matches of the new campaign.

They did secure a 1-1 draw in the Champions League at Shakhtar Donetsk in midweek but return to league action at bottom-of-the-table Sunderland today with ground to make up.

After losing 0-1 at Liverpool in August, United have suffered back-to-back defeats in the league, going down 1-4 to Manchester City and enduring a shock 1-2 defeat to West Brom at Old Trafford last weekend.

The fitful start, United's worst to a season since 1989, has left them eight points adrift of leaders Arsenal.u00a0But, in an interview this week in the United States, Ferguson spoke of how Moyes - his chosen successor - will get it right at United after signing a six-year contract when he joined from rivals Everton.

And with 32 matches of the league season left, a bullish Moyes told reporters yesterday that his side would be in the title race come the end of the campaign. "They're really good players and they know the standards they've set over the years and together we'll work to get it right, I've got no doubt about that. Anybody who comes in to a new job, you learn as you go along and I'm doing that as well. I knew I was coming to work with a group of really good players but that we'd have difficult times as well."

Moyes added: "There's a long way to go in the Premier League. It's a long season and you see great changes as the season goes on, so we'll hang in there and get ourselves as close to the top as soon as we can.

"It's a good club, Manchester United. I'm sure they know they picked the right man for the job and Sir Alex was part of that process as well."

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