Rampant Liverpool pile more pressure on Reds

DAVID Moyes admits being Manchester United manager is harder than he ever imagined.

His dismal debut season sank to a new low yesterday when Liverpool won 3–0 at Old Trafford.

There was nothing fortuitous about Liverpool’s first win at United’s famous home stadium in five years. United were lucky to get away only three down.

Moyes knew he would have a tough task on his hands emulating the achievements of Sir Alex Ferguson, but he never thought it would be this difficult.

“The job was always going to be hard,” the United manager said. “Harder? I would say so, yes.”

United fans have stuck by Moyes and there were no audible boos at the final whistle yesterday.

Moyes knows performances and results will have to improve for that to continue though.

“Results will always dictate that but I can only tell you what I’ve seen today and the supporters were terrific,” the Scot said.

United were 29 points ahead of Liverpool this time last year, but now trail their old foes by 14 points.

The Merseysiders are almost certainly out of United’s reach now and Moyes’ focus is now set on an another improbable task – qualifying for the Champions League.

United are 12 points adrift of the top four having played two more games than their neighbours.

The United manager has not given up hope of finishing in the top four, however.

“It will be very difficult but it's not over yet so we have to keep working as hard as we can towards trying to do it,” the former Everton manager said.