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Liam Corless

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard produces brutal David Moyes analogy

Anders Lindegaard has said David Moyes' attempt to steer the ship at Manchester United was "like trying to charge an iPhone with a Nokia charger".

Moyes arrived at United six summers ago following Sir Alex Ferguson's somewhat surprise announcement that he would be stepping down from his position as manager at the end of the 2012-13 campaign.

The former Everton manager lasted just nine months in the role before he was sacked, eventually to be replaced by the Dutchman Louis van Gaal.

Before his sacking Moyes bemoaned the "ageing" squad he inherited but Danish international Lindegaard didn't see it that way.

"I didn’t feel it ageing," Lindegaard told the Evening Standard. "It felt more like we just couldn’t adjust to a new way of life.

"It seemed like trying to charge an iPhone with a Nokia charger. It just slowly went flat. Who was ever going to lift the club after the boss?

"Moyes and everyone with big influence on United have all been easy targets. And I refuse to be another one pointing at individuals. 

"Every time the team has had a single bad result I’ve heard suggestions for new managers, getting rid of half the team and signing new players. I imagine it isn’t easy to work under those circumstances.

David de Gea, goalkeeping coach Eric Steele and Anders Lindegaard (2013 Manchester United FC)

"I’ll point at myself and everyone else involved with United. Both on a professional and an emotional level. We were all to blame. 

"None of us could accept changes to our beloved United. All of us thought everything should just stay the same and we’d carry on succeeding. 

"It was an illusion."

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