Today at 2:45 p.m. ET, Shakhtar Donetsk and Manchester United go head-to-head in 2013 UEFA Champions League action live from the Donbass Arena in the Ukraine. The game can be live streamed here.
Manchester United is looking to erase a terrible start to manager David Moyes' tenure with the team, and it hopes to begin that turnaround today with a win over Shakhtar Donetsk. The defending Premier League champions have fallen to the bottom half of the table following a crushing loss to Manchester City and then a defeat at the hands of West Brom last weekend.
Manchester United is off to its worst start since 1989. Moyes is no stranger to slow starts and knows that upper management will give him some time to implement his game plan on the team before cutting off his tenure, so Moyes knows it's just some growing pains with himself and his team getting acclimated and he feels the wins will start coming soon.
"I have been in situations very similar to this at my old clubs Everton and also at Preston," Moyes said, according to ESPN. "You get on and you do the right things. I haven't changed what I have done. I will continue to do that. The results will come, I have no doubt about that."
Moyes reiterated that the club needs a certain amount of world-class players to win the Champions League but also took the stance that they are going to try their best to capture the league's crown.
"Of course we will try and win the Champions League," he said per ESPN. "It is part of the job at Manchester United and I will do everything possible to try and make that happen."
Manchester midfielder Michael Carrick mirrored his coach's words, saying that the team is confident despite getting off to a horrific start.
"We are still confident," Carrick told ESPN. "Whether we win or lose the last game we always deal with it and move on. We have had a good start in this competition. That is the way we are looking at it. It is a tough place but we are looking forward to it."
Despite the club's slow start, Moyes has no regrets about answering the call to step in as the team's manager.
"It is always the thing at Manchester United," said Moyes via ESPN. "Everyone is interested in them. It is a talking point for everybody throughout the world. That is why it is, for me, the greatest club."
Shakhtar Donetsk manager Mircea Lucescu will look to lead his club to victory over a struggling Manchester United while Moyes hopes his team can turn around an ugly start to the season when these two teams clash this afternoon.
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