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Everton manager David Moyes: We did not play into Liverpool's hands
Very little between the two sides, says Moyes...
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8 Feb 2010 09:25:00
By Adithya Ananth
Everton manager David Moyes have refuted claims from his Liverpool counterpart Rafael Benitez that his side played into their opponents' hands during the Toffees' 1-0 defeat in the 213th Merseyside derby.
The Kop club were down to ten men in the first-half, as defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos was given his marching orders after a bad challenge on Marouane Fellaini.
Despite having superior numbers, the Toffees conceded the only goal of the game as a precise cross from Steven Gerrard found Dirk Kuyt, whose glancing header produced the winner.
Following the encounter, Benitez had maintained that he was "surprised" Everton played a brand of "direct" football whilst having more bodies on the pitch, but the Goodison Park boss believes otherwise.
"I thought we passed the ball quite well," Moyes said.
"We got Mikel [Arteta] on the ball a lot and he was prodding away and trying to find a way through. I don’t think we let our standards drop at all after they went down to 10 men.
"We probably needed a bit more width. That was the only thing we lacked today. But we didn’t deserve to lose, all we fell down on was a bit of creativity at the top end. But I still maintain there is very little between the two teams nowadays."
Everton play host to Chelsea on Wednesday, with Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United waiting in line to lock horns with the Toffees at Goodison Park.
The Kop club were down to ten men in the first-half, as defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos was given his marching orders after a bad challenge on Marouane Fellaini.
Despite having superior numbers, the Toffees conceded the only goal of the game as a precise cross from Steven Gerrard found Dirk Kuyt, whose glancing header produced the winner.
Following the encounter, Benitez had maintained that he was "surprised" Everton played a brand of "direct" football whilst having more bodies on the pitch, but the Goodison Park boss believes otherwise.
"I thought we passed the ball quite well," Moyes said.
"We got Mikel [Arteta] on the ball a lot and he was prodding away and trying to find a way through. I don’t think we let our standards drop at all after they went down to 10 men.
"We probably needed a bit more width. That was the only thing we lacked today. But we didn’t deserve to lose, all we fell down on was a bit of creativity at the top end. But I still maintain there is very little between the two teams nowadays."
Everton play host to Chelsea on Wednesday, with Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United waiting in line to lock horns with the Toffees at Goodison Park.
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