David Moyes knows how this feels. What it is like to sense the walls closing in at Manchester United. Dark murmurings behind your back. Knives being sharpened.
It is coming up for a decade since Moyes was shown the door at Old Trafford just 10 months into the job with United in seventh place — the same spot they occupied in the Premier League coming into this game.
By the time he shook hands with Erik ten Hag at London Stadium, United were eighth and in danger of going into freefall.