Manchester United boss David Moyes admits to hitting new low at Old Trafford

David Moyes

Manchester United manager David Moyes has claimed that the late draw to Fulham on Sunday was a new low this season.

In his first season in charge, Moyes has struggled immensely, and the reigning Premier League champions are now likely to miss out on the Champions League as they fell 9 points behind an in-form Liverpool side with their draw.

Darren Bent headed in a late equaliser deep into injury time to force United into dropping more points at Old Trafford. They’ve already lost four homes games and drawn three against Chelsea, Southampton and Fulham.

But Moyes believes, despite all the bad days and nights this season, Fulham is a new low for his first season in charge.

Asked if he could have predicted United’s struggles, Moyes said: “Probably not. It’s been a bit like that this season, but today was as bad as it gets.

“You could say that it was maybe mental softness that we didn’t see the job out. I would agree with that.”

However, Moyes saw plenty of positives in his team’s performance and was stunned that they didn’t manage to score in the first 78 minutes despite having most of the possession and creating plenty of chances.

“We dominated the game,” added the United boss. “Being one down was bad enough. The amount of attempts, chances and play we had was unbelievable. How we didn’t win, I have no idea.

“You can have as much possession as you like. We should have scored more. You’ve got to try to keep making it work. The players tried that and eventually the goals did come.

“Even when it was 2-1 and they put up five minutes of added time, Fulham never came up the pitch, they left us with the ball, so it was nearly a case of just playing out time, but we gave away a diabolical second goal.

“The players are hurting, I can see every day they are hurting because the results aren’t going the way they want.

“But we have a good team and there will be very few teams desperate to play us, that’s for sure.”

Manchester United have dropped 18 points at Old Trafford this season, twice as many as last season.