Everton FC boss David Moyes frustrated by derby day injustice

by Tom Burgess. Published Sun 29 Nov 2009 17:49

David Moyes feels that his Everton players did not deserve to lose today's Merseyside derby encounter at Goodison Park.

The Blues boss saw his side downed by goals from Dirk Kuyt and a deflected Javier Mascherano effort to hand all three points to their rivals, however he feels that the home side deserved more out of the game.

He said: "I am disappointed. I don't think we deserved to lose the game. We were always in it, always competitive, and always had a chance.

"I thought the players endeavoured with their energy and that's why I think the supporters applauded them for their efforts today, I think they put on a really good show.

"I've been critical of the performances this season but today I couldn't be critical. Because of that little bit of extra effort, things started to go well for us, and we nearly made our own luck."

However Moyes has conceded that his side were unlucky to concede the opening goal which ricocheted off Joseph Yobo's leg.

"We were really unfortunate with the deflected goal," he added.

"I don't know how many times Liverpool went in our half in the opening ten minutes, but it certainly wasn't many.

"The deflected goal stunned us. But I give credit to the players, they kept going, and they put Liverpool under pressure."