No excuses from beaten Moyes

MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes is refusing to exaggerate the prospect of new faces arriving at Old Trafford this month.

United were beaten 2–1 by Swansea in the FA Cup - only the second time in 30 years United have been beaten in the third round.

“I have said I will try to get players but it will probably be doubtful in January. I have said that quite consistently,” he said.

“There is no point in me hyping it up because players we would like to bring in are probably not available.”

Wilfried Bony’s last–minute header was enough to give the visitors’ victory after Javier Hernandez had equalised Wayne Routledge’s opener.

And though United were without seven senior players, including Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie, and had substitute Fabio sent off just four minutes after his introduction in the second–half following an injury to Rio Ferdinand, Moyes did not try to defend the situation.