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David Moyes attacked by Angry United fans

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10 years ago

March 26, 2014

Frustrated Manchester United supporters took their anger out on
Sir Alex Ferguson after Tuesday’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City.
After the match, angry fans yelled expletives at the former United
manager as well as David Moyes, his handpicked successor,
according to multiple reports.
Stadium stewards also had to be deployed to prevent supporters from
tearing down a banner honouring Moyes as “The Chosen One.”
Ferguson retired last season and chose Moyes to take over the club
that he led to 13 Premier League titles in 26 season.
United are currently in seventh with 51 points, and an emphatic
defeat to their cross-town rivals — their 10th league loss of the
season — was apparently too much for some fans to take.
Tuesday’s defeat ensured United will finish with their lowest point
total of the Premier League era.
Stewards had to pull one fan away from Moyes’ seat in the dug-out,
according to The Telegraph.
Club officials have publicly stood by Moyes, though sources told
ESPN FC last week that key Manchester United boardroom
figures have considered the possibility of sacking Moyes for the first
time.
Moyes took the blame for Tuesday’s loss.
“I take responsibility,” Moyes said. “I have to be the one who plays
them, picks them and that is what it is. I don’t think tonight was in
any way [down to] a lack of effort or lack of commitment from the
players, in fact I thought they were fully there but in some areas we
didn’t come up to scratch.”