David Moyes loses first game as West Ham boss

David Moyes said he was disappointed by his new players after his first game in charge of West Ham United ended in a 2-0 defeat at Watford.

Goals in each half from Will Hughes and Richarlison were enough to earn victory for Marco Silva's team.

Jurgen Klopp jokes that Pep Guardiola was at Anfield to 'watch good football'

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, center, and Sunderland Moyes in attendance at Liverpool's Tuesday match against Stoke City.

Jurgen Klopp jokingly suggested that Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola attended his Liverpool team's 4-1 win against Stoke City to "watch good football."

Asked in his post-match news conference about the Spaniard's attendance, Klopp said: "I respect them a lot, but I have not been to City's stadium this season or last to watch games. Maybe they want to watch good football."

Stoke  were the better side early on and went ahead through Jon Walters, but Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino scored before half-time before Giannelli Imbula's own goal and Daniel Sturridge's first in the Premier League this season 56 seconds after coming off the bench wrapped things up.

The win puts Liverpool in second place in the Premier League -- one point ahead of their Saturday rivals Man City -- while both teams try to make up ground on table-toppers Chelsea during the busy festive season.

Klopp added: "We are already looking forward [to Man City]. It's a difficult game for both teams, but an exciting one. The best news for us is that it's at Anfield.

"They're an outstanding side, we are not too bad. It'll be a nice game.

"Whatever I say tonight, we cannot win it tonight. But maybe I could say a few things that make it more difficult for us. It's probably best I shut my mouth.''

Earlier in December, Klopp took his Liverpool side to watch Barcelona in action against Borussia Monchengladbach in Champions League group play.

Moyes: I’d have been Man Utd success if I’d signed these stars

David Moyes feels his Manchester United reign could have gone differently had the club landed some of the top targets they had been close to signing.

Moyes, who barely lasted 10 months at Old Trafford after replacing Sir Alex Ferguson in 2014,  has spoken about how the club have abandoned many of their great traditions.

“When I first went in my real target was Gareth Bale,” said Moyes, who takes his Sunderland side to Old Trafford on Boxing Day. “I felt all along that Gareth Bale was a Manchester United player.

“I fought right until the last minute. We actually offered a bigger deal than Real Madrid. But Gareth had his mind made up on going to Real Madrid. That was, in my mind, the player I really wanted to bring to Manchester United.

“The other one was Cesc Fabregas, who we thought we would get right up until the last minute.

“I remember when I first met Sir Alex and he always said there was a chance Ronaldo might come back.

“So that was the level we were targeting. I was not going out to bring in seven, eight players, because we had a squad which had just won the league.

“Toni Kroos was agreed to come in the summer. I had agreed it with Toni himself and his agent. Sometimes you don’t get deals done. Gareth Bale, we were probably behind all along, Real Madrid were well in for it.

“The Cesc one was disappointing. It was very close. And Toni Kroos came up in January – it was done.

“A lot of players come into Manchester United and have not necessarily made the difference. But I think that, given time and having got to this period, I would have hoped I would be working with a successful team now.”

David Moyes: Sunderland's disastrous run of form making me feel lousy

Sunderland manager David Moyes has said his record at the club is "damning" after seeing them pick up only two points from their first 10 Premier League games.

The Black Cats were beaten 4-1 at home by Arsenal on Saturday, and former Everton and Manchester United boss Moyes said the run was making him "feel lousy."

Speaking about his record so far, he said: "It's damning, I agree.

"It does make me feel lousy, and I do. I don't feel good about it but you've got to take it. I probably spend Saturday night, and quite often, in a darkened room somewhere.

"Hopefully by the time Monday morning comes, you are ready to go again. You've got to get it out of the system and you are up and running again.

"You try not to get too caught up in the whole thing. I don't think we can do. If we were going in blasting every player, I don't think things will necessarily get any better."

He said he and his staff were trying to "train correctly, trying to put into practice what we think will be good for them."

The 53-year-old, whose next game is at Bournemouth on Saturday, said there was no doubt that Sunderland "are in a difficult situation" and added: "We need results to show that things are going in the right direction.

"Everybody is judging by results, but I don't feel that pressure from the people I work with."