You can ‘earn your corn’ elsewhere, Moyes tells Unsworth

“I just get in the box and try to be as calm as possible,” he said.

“I set myself targets every season. Sometimes you don’t match them, but that’s the thing about football — you always have another year to try again.

“I can’t tell you the target because I don’t want to get slated (criticised) for it! I always set myself a realistic target, but high standards as well and hopefully I can match them this year.

“I am just really happy to be working in such a fantastic team.”

City’s eight-point lead over second-placed Manchester United has established them as overwhelming

Raheem Sterling is having his best ever season.

favourites to win the title, but skipper Vincent Kompany is not buying into that.

The Belgium defender, who was a City stalwart before they became Champions League regulars, warned there was no room for complacency against Southampton.

“After 15 years at this level the one thing you know and learn is you do not crown yourself champions in November,” he said. “Let’s be steady.

“The biggest challenge for us now is to go back home and say, ‘The next game, let’s do it again and do it again’.

“I feel the team has got this motivation and I make it more about the next game. We have won nothing and achieved nothing and that’s the key message here.”

Mauricio Pellegrino’s Southampton will arrive in Manchester on the back of Sunday’s satisfying 4-1 thrashing of

managerless Everton at St Mary’s.

That was a big improvement on the previous result, a 3-0 loss at Liverpool, although Everton’s lack of confidence and organisation were significant factors in the Saints’ win.

England defender Ryan Bertrand was convinced the victory, which saw Charlie Austin net two almost identical headers, was ideal preparation for a sterner test.

“We’ll go there Wednesday and give a good account of ourselves,” he said. “They’re doing well at the moment.

“We’ll look to build on this and go into the game at the weekend (at Bournemouth on Sunday) hopefully building on what we do on Wednesday.

“We’ve got the win and on Everton’s form we were expected to win. Let’s go and test ourselves and test them in the game and enjoy it.” AFP LONDON: West Ham United manager David Moyes has asked David Unsworth not to give up on management and consider leaving Everton for a managerial role in the lower leagues if he misses out on the vacant hot seat at Goodison Park.

Everton caretaker boss Unsworth’s chances of replacing the sacked Ronald Koeman on a permanent basis are looking slim, with British media reporting the Merseyside club held talks with former England boss Sam Allardyce over the position.

“If he doesn’t take the Everton job, I think I would be telling Unsy to go and manage somewhere and earn your corn,” Moyes told reporters ahead of West Ham’s Premier League trip to Everton today.

“If you want to move on, go and get a job in the Championship or League One. I think there has been a generation of really good players out there who I believe should go and manage and try and come up.

“I would say earn your stripes first and show you can organise so that you can control the team and show that your training works, all the things that are linked with management and leadership.”

Unsworth guided the Under-23 side to the Premier League 2 trophy last season but has struggled with the senior squad since taking charge from Koeman, recording just one win from seven matches in all competitions.

Moyes, however, does not believe Unsworth should give up hope of being handed the full-time job at Everton just yet.

“I think one way or another David Unsworth will still be hoping he will still be Everton manager, and why should he not be? He has to do that,” the 54-year-old Scot, who managed Everton between 200213, added.

West Ham will kick-off today’s league match in the relegation zone but a victory would see them climb above Everton on the table. Reuters