Moyes finally stoking the fires of success

Just as Manchester United looked set to suffer a shock home defeat to Stoke City this morning, the Barclays Premier League champions produced a stirring late comeback at to secure a memorable 3-2 victory over Mark Hughes' side. David Moyes admits he hopes that this sterling comeback against Stoke City is the first of many during his Manchester United reign. "I was going to say that I hope it was the first of many," he laughed. "Still, I’d rather have a late comeback than a defeat. I thought that we kept going, we tried everything today. We made mistakes and our goalkeeper kept us in the game at times today, but we kept knocking and that door trying to find a way through and eventually we did." Scoring-wise, first half goals from Peter Crouch and Marko Arnautovic bookended Robin van Persie's equaliser, and the visitors were on the brink of their first win at Old Trafford since 1976 until goals in the 78th and 80th minutes from Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez flipped the match on its head. Seven players received yellow cards during the game.