Manchester United manager David Moyes
admitted Wayne Rooney would have made a
difference to his side's performance after
they slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Liverpool.
The Merseyside outfit maintained their 100
per cent start to the campaign thanks to
another match-winning goal from Daniel
Sturridge as United failed to score in
successive Premier League games for the
first time since 2007.
And Moyes accepted Rooney's absence with
a cut head - a problem that is likely to keep
him out for three weeks - was a contributing
factor.
"Wayne would have made a difference today,"
said Moyes.
"We maybe lacked something different at
times.
"But we didn't have him because of the
injury."
Rooney suffered a severe cut to the head
following an accidental collision with Phil
Jones in training on Saturday.
Without the England forward - who will now
miss his country's crucial World Cup
qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine -
United failed to exert any significant pressure
on Liverpool.
Robin van Persie cut a particularly frustrated
figure as Moyes' inability to win at Anfield
stretched to 13 games, 12 of which are a
legacy of his time at Everton.
Yet the Scot remained remarkably upbeat
afterwards.
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