David Moyes's
nightmarish Manchester United
reign continued
with a 3-0 humiliation at the hands of bitter rivals Liverpool on Sunday.
There's nowhere to hide for
the Scottish manager,
who has received another battering in the press and is being lined up for the
sack by many columnists after the Old Trafford
rout
Many are pointing toward
the Olympiakos fixture as make or break for Moyes. Should the Red Devils fail to overturn a 2-0 goal
deficit against the newly crowned Greek champions, it's the common consensus
that Moyes' head will be on the chopping block.
Mark
Ogden of The
Telegraph also pinpoints the March 19 tie, saying "pessimism
and fear" now take the place of "cocksure self-belief at Old Trafford," a factor highlighted against Brendan
Rodgers' fearless Reds:
"A 3-0 victory against Olympiakos on Wednesday, which would put United into
the Champions League
quarter-finals, is perhaps the only result which can now save Moyes," writes Ogden.
Jamie Redknapp, Sky
Sports pundit and writer for the Daily Mail, sums up a situation that must
baffle Moyes himself:
"After a result like
that, David Moyes must be thinking, 'What is
going to happen to me here.' The game against Olympiakos
on Wednesday is massive. If they go out, that is United done with Champions League football
for 18 months. "
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