A frustrated David Moyes bemoaned his side's draw with basement side Fulham as Manchester United blew the chance to keep pace with the top six. With Tottenham and Liverpool both winning this weekend, United had to win against bottom of the league Fulham to keep within touching distance of the sides above them. But Steve Sidwell and Darrent Bent struck in the first and second halves to deny the champions and leave them nine points off fourth-placed Liverpool. After the game, Moyes said in his post-match press conference that his side were unlucky not to have taken the three points and claimed they should have won 3-1. The Scot said:
We deserved to win the game, we deserved to get back in the game - even when it was 2-1 with about five minutes left Fulham never came up the pitch so it was nearly a case of just 'play out the time'. We gave away a diabolical second goal. If we had one failing it was that we should have gone on to win 3-1 - we had the chances after 2-1 to make it 3-1 and we didn't make those moments count.
United went 1-0 down when Sidwell stabbed home but reversed the scoreline with two goals in as many second-half minutes through Robin van Persie and Michael Carrick. But Fulham had the final say when Bent nodded in from five yards out to stun Old Trafford and raise serious questions about their top four aspirations. Moyes said his side would "do their best" when asked of their chances of finishing in the top four but will be aware another set-back against Arsenal midweek will likely mean curtains.