Rio Ferdinand unfazed as Manchester United suffer a 3-1 loss to Sevilla
Veteran defender says champions will bounce back in games that really count
Rio Ferdinand insists there should be no concerns about Manchester United's pre-season form even though Sevilla condemned the Premier League champions to a third defeat in seven games.
Rooney was not even at the ground for Ferdinand's testimonial match, which saw Moyes' side beaten 3-1 in his first match in charge at Old Trafford, making it 13 goals conceded in his first seven games.
United now have just today's Community Shield against Wigan at Wembley before starting the defence of their Premier League title at Swansea on Saturday.
But centre-back Ferdinand, 34, maintains there is no reason to worry despite the underwhelming early results under Moyes, who replaced the retired Alex Ferguson at the end of last season.
"There is a frustration. We want to win every game so to lose is disappointing but it's lucky there weren't three points at stake," he said.
"The Community Shield is a big game and it's a chance to win silverware so we want to win.
"But the most important game coming up is the Swansea game because we want to retain our league title."
Sevilla were in Europa League action on Thursday, but just 24 hours later they were the sharper side at Old Trafford, with Diego Perotti cutting the United defence open for Vitolo to open the scoring and Vitolo laying on a goal for on-loan Chelsea midfielder Marko Marin.
Antonio Valencia pulled one back when he finished off a cross to the far post from Adnan Januzaj, but Bryan Labello scored a third for the visitors from a Kevin Gameiro pass.
Although issues such as Rooney's future continue to dominate, Moyes cannot fail to have been impressed with the form of Belgian youngster Januzaj in pre-season, while Jesse Lingard has also staked a claim for permanent involvement in the first-team squad with a string of good performances.
