Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he thinks David Moyes will succeed as Manchester United manager given time.<\/p>\n
Moyes replaced Sir Alex Ferguson – who won 13 Premier League titles in 27 years – in July but is struggling to emulate the Scot, with United currently seventh in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
“When a person has been at a club for such a long time, it’s always a void created when he goes,” said Wenger.<\/p>\n
“But I believe Moyes, if given time, will do that perfectly.”<\/p>\n
David Moyes has never won a Premier League game away from home as a manager against Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester United.<\/p>\n
United take on second-placed Arsenal at the Emirates on Wednesday with 14 points between the two sides, and the Old Trafford club are nine points off the Champions League places.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Their problems this season were compounded when they were held to a 2-2 draw by bottom club Fulham on Sunday following\u00a0Darren Bent’s injury-time equaliser for the Cottagers.<\/p>\n
“You need time and patience,” said Wenger. “You need to be in a strong club. [Moyes] is in a strong club and I think he will be given time to do it.”<\/p>\n
Arsenal were beaten 5-1 by Liverpool, but Wenger believes it is unfair to judge his side with one game.<\/p>\n
You cannot consider one game as the trend of our season,” said Wenger. “It was an accident, not welcome of course and a disappointing one, but a successful season is decided by how you respond to that.”<\/p>\n
“We tend always to forget how good we are when we are not successful.<\/p>\n
“It is important to remember that until now we have done very well, that we are in front of a very important week for us and that we have worked very hard until now to get into this position.<\/p>\n
“I love this group of players. They deserve success and I think they will respond in a very positive way on Wednesday.”<\/p>\n
The Frenchman added: “It’s safer for us to focus on our performance than to expect any weakness from Manchester United.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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