Former Manchester United boss David Moyes feels Marouane Fellaini is now proving his quality.
Moyes wrote in the Mail on Sunday: "I think he'd be the first to admit he maybe didn't always play as well as he could have done when he got the chance. But it was a big change for him, even if he did have previous Premier League experience, and he had come into a team that wasn't playing with as much confidence as we would have liked. I think that affected him as well.
'It's also true that players can take time to settle at a new club. I remember people telling me it took Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic a while. Players who became great players for United.
"Marouane should have been given time too, because he's now proving what I always believed; that he can be an important player for United.
"I've watched him in the last two games and he has been first class. He's had an influence on the games, which is what you look to your bigger players to do. And I think he's played an important part in helping United gain some momentum going into today's Manchester derby.
"There were times last season, when things were tough, when we spoke. But I told him then that he would become a top United player if he continued to work hard."
