Sunderland boss Gus Poyet feels for under pressure Manchester United counterpart David Moyes.

Poyet has great sympathy for the Scot and the pressure under which he finds himself.

Ahead of their Capital One Cup semifinal, he said: "It's difficult to feel it, but you can see it and I don't think it's nice, I don't.

"But I am sure that David first is strong enough and good enough to do the job, and secondly, everybody knew that after Alex Ferguson, it would be very difficult, very difficult.

"Time, he needs time and I hope he gets the time to prove he was and is still the right man for Manchester United."