Manchester United take on West Ham in Saturday's 3 O' Clock kick-off in a Premier League fixture that is one of four in the space of a week-and-a-half as the busy Christmas schedule kicks up a gear. And the defending champions will go into those games - no disrespect to their opponents - knowing that anything less than a maximum return of 12 points will be considered a disaster. After this encounter with struggling West Ham, who are a point and a place above the relegation zone, the Red Devils travel to Hull and Norwich before entertaining crisis club Tottenham - must win games if their title defence is not to be written off before we've fully rang in the New Year. A run of crucial fixtures starts here, this afternoon, at home to a Hammers side who have won just two of their last 15 Premier League matches, losing eight of them. With the defence of their title slipping away from them, and even a top four finish looking iffy this season, United simply have to be winning games such as these. And here, we take a look at 5 Reasons Why It's Must Win For David Moyes. Click "Next" to get started.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
