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| Lucescu wary of wounded United Posted: 09 Dec 2013 06:56 PM PST David Moyes has been under increasing pressure with United suffering two straight losses to slip to ninth in the English Premier League. But Moyes men top Group A in the UEFA Champions League and Lucescu warned his team United were a different prospect in European competition. Even though they are not playing well, these are two different competitions and you cant really compare them, he said. In the Premier League, the English teams know each other and the teams they are playing, but with the Champions League it is a totally different situation. For Manchester United it is a must-win match as they want to win so they can top the group and for our part we are going to play our best as it is important for us to progress as well. Lucescu expects Moyes to rotate his squad with an eye to Sundays Premier League trip to Aston Villa, but said even then United were a strong side. Every manager knows their squad back to front and each individual player, and each manager has his own style, he said. Some prefer to rotate to keep the squad fresh and some prefer to keep the same team. In David Moyes case he likes to rotate his team but the squad is very strong and therefore the quality of the players doesnt diminish. United suffered a 1-0 loss at home to Everton on Wednesday before slumping to a 1-0 defeat against Newcastle at Old Trafford on Saturday. Lucescu noticed United had lost their spark against Newcastle, but believes they were still close to taking something out of the clash. When they were playing Everton it was David Moyes former team so they were playing with special enthusiasm and motivation, but when they played Newcastle it was like they had lost their spark a bit, he said. The result of the game does depend on some small things, though. For example, if they got a penalty for the handball against Newcastle, it could have been completely different. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Newcastle defeat raised my spirits, claims Moyes Posted: 09 Dec 2013 07:39 AM PST Moyes' men go into Tuesday's UEFA Champions League visit of Shakhtar Donetsk on the back of consecutive home Premier League defeats against Everton and Newcastle United. United are yet to taste defeat in the Champions League this season and have already qualified for the last 16, but sit ninth in the Premier League, some 13 points adrift of leaders Arsenal. Former Everton boss Moyes refused to shirk the blame for those setbacks, and is eager to get the English champions back on track. "(Losing to Newcastle) raised my spirits," Moyes said. "(The result) made me more determined. "I take complete responsibility for the results. They've been good in the Champions League but not so good in the Premier League. I would like them to be much better, and I've got no doubt they will. "It is tough because we expect to win all the games. We have been inconsistent at times and we have played very well in some of the games in the Champions League, not so well in the Premier League, albeit we have lacked a little bit of good fortune at times. "I think there is a bit of everything that could with better, we'd like to pass it better, we'd like to create more chances, we'd like to defend better when those situations arise, it's all round we'd like to improve. It's only a few weeks ago we were talking very well about the team." The three-time Champions League winners can top Group A if they avoid defeat against the Ukrainian champions, a scenario that would likely hand them a less difficult tie in the first knockout round. "It's important to give ourselves the best possible chance we have in the next round," Moyes added. "But the big job was to make sure we qualify for the group, that part is done, but hopefully we can finish the group unbeaten. And if we do that then that will see us through." This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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