David Moyes was speaking after Everton threw away a one goal lead to lose 2-1 to Bournemouth
David Moyes refused to comment on the decisions
David Moyes refused to comment on the decisions(Image: evertonfc.com)
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David Moyes declared he has “no opinion on referees any more” after Everton’s defeat to Bournemouth.
The Blues boss cut a dejected figure after a match his players had thrown away but declined to engage when asked about the big decisions that went against his team.
Instead he argued Everton only had themselves to blame after allowing a second half comeback that thwarted the club’s hopes of moving into the top six.
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The hosts had taken the lead at the end of the first half when Iliman Ndiaye found the side netting with a coolly taken penalty. The playmaker had already hit the post while Thierno Barry had blazed a good chance wide as Everton finished the opening 45 minutes on top.
Barry had a shot blocked on the line as Everton started the second half brightly but were undone by eight disastrous minutes as an unmarked Rayan headed in an equaliser at the back post before Amine Adli gave the Cherries the lead and Jake O’Brien was sent off for denying Adli a goalscoring opportunity.
In the build up to Bournemouth’s second Enes Unal missed the ball but was clearly offside and attempting to play it - a set of circumstances that had led to Everton having a goal disallowed at Aston Villa last month.
Asked whether he had any issue with that call, Moyes simply said: “Referees are making their decisions so we have to go with what they say.”
On O’Brien’s collision with Adli, Moyes was asked how it compared to Marc Guehi’s pull on Mohamed Salah when Manchester City faced Liverpool on Sunday - a decision that, to the anger of Liverpool boss Arne Slot - did not lead to the defender being sent off. Moyes responded: “No opinion on it, no opinion on referees any more.”
Moyes had appeared to be in the process of trying to address the threat posed by Rayan when the teenager equalised. On whether he was attempting to solve the very problem that led to the equaliser as it unfolded, he replied: “No, we thought Bournemouth were growing into it. We had started the second half and probably missed a couple of half-chances, good chances, to get the second goal, so we only have ourselves to blame, no-one else.”