Failure to beat Liverpool extended United’s record of securing to just one victory against a top-nine team this season – the 1-0 home win against Arsenal in November – but Moyes could also not explain that conundrum. “It tells you that we’re not doing as well as we should be,” Moyes said. “We have to play better and we’re going to have to make ourselves harder to beat, harder to play against and we’re also going to have to make sure we’re creating more and taking more of our opportunities so we’ve got a lot to do to do both of those things. The job was always going to be hard. Is it harder than I imagined? Yes, I would say so. Yes.”