The manager will at least be comforted, though, by the group in charge of banners inside Old Trafford insisting that the “Chosen One” banner at the Stretford End – so-called because of Moyes being anointed by Ferguson as his successor – will not be taken down in the wake of calls from supporters for it to be removed. A group of stewards was deployed to prevent supporters removing the banner after the City defeat, but there are no plans to take it down permanently.