David Moyes may have got his hands on the Community shield yesterday but the new Manchester United manager was wary of taking any credit for the victory.
Instead, the Scot opted to class the win as another trophy for his illustrious predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson.
United won the shield with a 2-0 victory over Wigan Athletic and David Moyes recognizes that all the hard work was done last season.
“I class that as another piece of silverware for Sir Alex,” he told a press conference after the match.
“It was his team that won the league by 13-15 points so it’s his team.
“The ones going forward will be down to me.”
Meanwhile new Wigan manager Owen Coyle was pleased with his baptism of fire.
Coyle took over the Latics after Roberto Martinez left for Everton and the Scot is determined to get back into the Premier League.
“We are trying to get back to playing these elite teams every week,” he said.
“We are building a good side here; I am looking to add to that, though my chief executive may not want to hear that.
“We always knew it would be a tough afternoon we conceded an unbelievable finish. The header could only go in one place.
“But we had a good spell either side of it and United got a fortuitous second goal which finished the game.”
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