Club faithfuls have blamed Moyes’ for the fall of the Red Devils from grace and many believe that with him out of the way Man. U can soar back to its former glory.
Here is a timeline of Moyes’ rocky 10 month tenure as coach of Man. U:
September 1 – United suffer first defeat under Moyes as Daniel Sturridge gives Liverpool victory at Anfield. Wayne Rooney misses the game with a nasty head wound after being kicked in the head accidentally by Phil Jones in training.
September 22 – Hammered 4-1 at Manchester City. This time Robin van Persie is absent with a thigh injury.
September 28 – United lose 2-1 at home to West Brom, ending the Baggies’ 35-year wait for an Old Trafford triumph.
October 19 – Concede last-minute Adam Lallana equaliser against Southampton at Old Trafford.
December 4 – Bryan Oviedo scores four minutes from time as Moyes’ former club Everton end their 21-year wait for an away win over United.
December 6 – Rio Ferdinand criticises Moyes’ policy of leaving it late to pick his teams, claiming on BT Sport: “It turns you into a madman.”
December 7 – Yohan Cabaye gets the only goal as Newcastle win at Old Trafford for the first time since 1972.
December 10 – Van Persie suffers thigh injury taking a corner against Shakhtar Donetsk, and is ruled out for seven weeks.
January 1 – Rooney plays in the defeat by Tottenham but is then ruled out for four weeks with a groin injury.
January 5 – Swansea win at Old Trafford for the first time as Wilfried Bony’s late goal sends United out of the FA Cup at the third-round stage for only the second time in 30 years.
January 7 – Defeat in Capital One Cup semi-final first leg at Sunderland means a third straight loss for the first time since May 2001.
January 19 – Skipper Nemanja Vidic is sent off as United crash to defeat at Chelsea.
January 22 – United beat Sunderland 2-1 in the Capital One Cup semi-final return leg thanks to Javier Hernandez’s last-gasp effort in extra-time but come off worst in an awful penalty shoot-out, with only Darren Fletcher scoring from their five kicks.
February 1 – Stoke end their long wait for a win against United. Charlie Adam’s double gives them their first since 1984.
February 7 – Vidic confirms he will leave at the end of the season.
February 9 – United come from behind to lead bottom side Fulham at Old Trafford, but Darren Bent’s stoppage-time equaliser settles a 2-2 draw to deny the hosts all three points. Moyes describes the result as being “as bad as it gets”.
February 25 – It proves gruesome in Greece for United in the Champions League last 16 as a poor performance sees the Red Devils beaten 2-0 by Olympiacos in Piraeus.
March 16 – Another day United will want to forget in a hurry as two Steven Gerrard penalties and a Luis Suarez strike earns Liverpool a crushing 3-0 win at Old Trafford. It could have been even worse for Moyes’ men as Gerrard also hit the post with another penalty.
March 25 – United lose 3-0 to bitter rivals for the second consecutive home league game as a brace from Edin Dzeko and a late strike from Yaya Toure hands Manchester City a derby double over their city rivals. The result ensured United were guaranteed to end the season with their lowest points total in Premier League history.
April 9 – Despite an encouraging 1-1 draw in the first leg and taking the lead through Patrice Evra, the Red Devils go down 3-1 to defending champions Bayern Munich in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Allianz Arena.
April 20 – Moyes’ return to Goodison Park is turned into a nightmare as a Leighton Baines penalty and a goal from Kevin Mirallas hand Everton a 2-0 win, a result which means United cannot qualify for the Champions League.
April 22 – Moyes is sacked by United.
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