The Red Devils fell to a 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge, with Nemanja Vidic seeing red in the latter stages, but the Scot is relishing the challenge of resurrecting the season:-
David Moyes knows he faces a "massive challenge" to turn Manchester United's fortunes around afterChelsea consigned them to another defeat.
Moyes' difficult start to his Old Trafford tenure continued on Sunday as the Premier League champions were beaten 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
United have now suffered seven top-flight defeats and their chances of retaining the title appear to be over with leaders Arsenal 14 points ahead.
Former Everton boss Moyes dismissed talk of a crisis after United's latest setback and the defiant Scotsman is relishing the task of getting the club back on track.
"It's a difficult task but perseverance, we'll keep doing what's right. I thought we've done a lot of good things today, we've got players to come back and this is a project that I know I'm going to improve as it goes along.
"There will be changes as we go along on the journey and I'm looking forward to it, but it's a massive challenge.
"I hoped I'd be in a far better position than this, but I'm not so the challenge is there for me and I think, if you're a football person, it's a great one to have."
Moyes refused to write off his side's chances of winning the title despite the significant gap that has opened up between United and the top three - Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea.
The 50-year-old was left frustrated with United's defending as Samuel Eto'o scored a hat-trick to keep Chelsea, who are just two points adrift of Arsenal, firmly in the hunt for the title.
He said: "I thought we played quite well throughout the game, but the game came down to two set-pieces. We didn't defend set-pieces well and that was probably the difference in the game.
"We were terrible at defending the corner kick (for the second goal). We headed it out; we didn't defend it well enough at the second phase and found ourselves 2-0 down at half-time."
To cap a miserable afternoon, United had captain Nemanja Vidic sent off for a foul on Eden Hazard after Javier Hernandez had pulled a goal back.
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