David Moyes spoke to the media following Everton's 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League at Hill Dickinson Stadium
David Moyes speaking to the media following Everton's defeat to Tottenham
David Moyes speaking to the media following Everton's defeat to Tottenham
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David Moyes insisted there were positives to take from Everton’s 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. The Blues boss said he would not leave Hill Dickinson Stadium frustrated because he believed his side played well for large parts of the match.
He had no issue with the major decisions the result hinged on - VAR intervening to rule out Jake O’Brien’s equaliser and then a potential push by Micky Van de Ven in the build-up to Spurs’ second goal. Instead, he struck a conciliatory tone in the aftermath of Everton’s first defeat at their new home, putting the result down to his side’s defending at set pieces – something the Blues are typically strong at.
Asked whether anything frustrated him about the performance, in which Spurs scored two first-half goals from corners, Moyes said: “Very little frustrated me because we actually played well. We've done a lot of good things. We've been undone by set pieces, so I'm not happy about it.
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"But if you're saying to me about lots of other parts of the game, there were lots of good things in the game which we'll need to do better in some aspects, but overall, there were some positive performances.”
Asked whether anything surprised him about Spurs’ effectiveness from set-pieces, he said: “We've got no entitlement to think that other teams couldn't be good at it, so it wasn't for the lack of preparation or us working and defending it. Sometimes you lose goals from set pieces.
“We're trying to score goals from set pieces. I mean, it's difficult. All the managers will be working on trying to score and also trying to defend them.
"We got caught out today and it's not something that we're known for, but I'm disappointed in it, I really am. I'm not happy with the way we conceded them because there were a couple of things we could have done better.”
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