THERE WERE 9 SHOTS FOR EVERTON YESTERDAY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST MAN UNITED, WITH 8 SHOTS ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM BETO AT 19 MINS., AND ANOTHER FROM ABDOULAYE COUCOURE AT 33 MINS., WITH 9 SHOTS AND 3 ON TARGET FOR MAN UNITED, INCLUDING 1 FROM BRUNO FERNANDES AT 72 MINS., AND ANOTHER STUNNER FROM MANUEL UGARTE AT 80 MINS. THERE WAS A LITTLE CONTROVERSY WHEN EVERTON SAW A PENALTY OVERTURNED BY VAR IN EXTRA TIME, AFTER ASHLEY YOUNG HIT THE DECK FOLLOWING SOME SHIRT-TUGGING FROM MATTHIJS DE LIGT, WITH HARRY MAGUIRE PUTTING A HAD ON HIM, AND REF ANDY MADLEY DECLARED A PENALTY, BUT VAR DISAGREED AND THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW!
DAVID MOYES SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
SPEAKING OF WHEN THE DECISION HAD BEEN ON THE MAGUIRE FOUL “SO DID THEY LOOK AT THE SHIRT PULL? SO THEY ONLY MENTIONED THE BIT THEY NEEDED TO? IT LOOKED TO ME AS THOUGH THE SHIRT PULL WAS ENOUGH. I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE SEEN. YOU SHOULDN’T BE GETTING AWAY WITH PULLING JERSEYS. IF IT WAS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR AND OBVIOUS THAT HE SHOULD GO TO THE SCREEN I DIDN’T SEE THAT. I JUST THOUGHT THE REF MADE THE CORRECT DECISION AT THE TIME AND SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO THAT. BUT I AM HUGELY PLEASED WE GOT A POINT, BECAUSE IT IS ANOTHER POINT TOWARDS SAFETY AND THAT IS THE JOB. I AM DISAPPOINTED WE DIDN’T TAKE ALL THREE. WE PLAYED HERE LAST WEEK AND DREW 2 – 2 AGAINST LIVERPOOL AND IT FELT LIKE A WIN. TODAY’S 2 – 2 FELT NOT LIKE A DEFEAT BUT CLOSE TO IT.”
RUBEN AMORIM SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
“WE JUST PLAYED ONE HALF AND MANAGED TO DRAW. WE DIDN’T EXIST IN THE FIRST HALF. EVERYTHING WE DID DURING THE WEEK, THE FREE MAN WAS THERE AND THE SPACE WAS THERE. WE LOST THE BALLS. WE CAN’T LOSE. AT HALF-TIME I SAID, NO MATTER THE RESULT, WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE DID DURING THE WEEK (IN TRAINING), BUT WITH MORE ENERGY. IT WAS NOT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF OUR POSITIONING BUT DIFFERENT IN THE QUALITY WE PLAYED THE GAME. IN THIS MOMENT, EVERY STADIUM IS REALLY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY OURS, WITH OUR FANS SUPPORTING ALL THE TIME. MY GOAL IS TO WIN THE NEXT GAME TO GIVE SOME HAPPINESS TO OUR FANS, BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT A LOT.”
BY AMANDA WATERS
