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The Anfield manager compares the new Red Devils boss’s task in following Sir Alex Ferguson to his own in succeeding Kenny Dalglish and offers advice to his fellow coach
A news article on 2013-05-12 07:15:00 from: Goal
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The odds on David Moyes becoming the next Manchester United manager have been slashed after bookmakers took a flurry overnight bets on the Everton boss moving to Old Trafford.
A news article on 2013-05-07 13:08:00 from: The Metro
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• Decision denied Everton their first Anfield win since 1999
• ‘It was a goal, a legitimate goal,’ said Everton manager
David Moyes claimed the referee Michael Oliver cost Everton a legitimate first win at Liverpool since 1999 with his decision to disallow Sylvain Distin’s towering header at Anfield.
The 220th Merseyside derby ended goalless despite the Everton defender converting Leighton Baines’s 56th-minute corner, having beaten Jamie Carragher at the back post. The match official, however, blew for a foul by Victor Anichebe on Liverpool’s goalkeeper, José Reina, having warned the Everton striker and José Enrique for grappling prior to the corner being taken. “You wonder if he was going to blow up no matter what,” Moyes said.
Everton’s assistant manager, Steve Round, visited the match official’s room after an otherwise tame Merseyside derby where Oliver confirmed the foul was for Anichebe on Reina, not on Enrique or Distin on Carragher.
“It was a goal, a legitimate goal,” added the angered Everton manager. “The goalkeeper runs into Victor Anichebe and it’s a goal. The referee said that Victor impeded the goalkeeper but it was actually the goalkeeper who ran into him so it can’t possibly be a free-kick. It is frustrating because people are quite quick to remind me that I have not won here at Anfield but if you don’t get any decisions it is very hard to win here. And that is quite a regular occurrence when we come to Anfield.
“It was not a foul. It’s disappointing because it is not easy to come here and win. I need to have something going for me, you need to get something. I have been here a lot and I have drawn here quite a lot. We have not won but maybe what we are coming here with, a draw isn’t that bad a result and maybe we don’t get the credit for that. I thought we had a good chance to win.”
Moyes was also unhappy with the number of times that Carragher spoke to Oliver during the game. “I thought they were pen-pals,” he said.
Brendan Rodgers unsurprisingly took an opposing view of the Distin incident but rued the lack of a cutting edge in an otherwise improved second-half display. “I don’t think we were fortunate,” the Liverpool manager said. “It is one of those where if you’re the manager like myself you see it as the correct one. I’m sure David will be disappointed it didn’t stand.
“This was different to the decision when we played at Goodison [when Luis Suárez was wrongly denied a late winner]. Luis was clearly onside when he scored and, if you look at this decision, the referee has a clear view, the ball is in flight and before there is any contact from Distin he got his whistle blown. The decision was clear and that was Everton’s best possibility to score from a set piece. They are strong and aggressive but I thought we coped with that well.”
A news article on 2013-05-05 16:09:00 from: The Guardian
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EVERTON will bid to end a 14-year hoodoo against Liverpool tomorrow and take a massive step closer to Europe.
A news article on 2013-05-04 01:41:00 from: The Daily Star
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David Moyes’ bid to win silverware for the first time in his 11-year Goodison Park reign remains on course after his clinical Everton side ended Oldham’s gallant cup run.
A news article on 2013-02-26 21:56:00 from: The Metro
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David Moyes is being lined up by Chelsea as a shock replacement for Rafa Benitez when the Spaniard’s interim manager deal runs out at the end of the season. Moyes, who is in the final year of his current contract with Everton, is waiting to see if the Toffees can keep hold of their stars
A news article on 2013-01-20 11:07:00 from: The Metro
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THE last thing you want to do before any game is wind an opposition player up. Just ask David Moyes. But there is no doubt Brendan Rodgers is right to point out that if offered a choice between Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez, he’d pass it up and keep Suarez.
A news article on 2012-11-10 00:00:00 from: Liverpool Echo
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• David Moyes: Our football has been outstanding at times
• Ferguson’s barb was a ‘compliment’, manager adds
David Moyes has defended Everton’s playing style in the wake of criticism from Steven Gerrard and claimed his team are one of the more entertaining sides in the Premier League.
The Liverpool captain labelled Everton a big, physical long-ball team similar to Stoke City in the aftermath of Sunday’s Merseyside derby, comments he later withdrew and explained were the result of an emotional outburst after Luis Suárez was denied a legitimate stoppage-time winner at Goodison Park.
Nevertheless, with the Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, highlighting Everton’s direct approach after the derby and Sir Alex Ferguson making similar comments at the start of the season, Moyes believes the criticism is unjustified after his team’s impressive opening to the campaign. “I don’t think too many teams play better football than Everton,” he said.
“I would pay to watch us and there are certainly a lot of teams I wouldn’t pay to watch because I get a bit bored with them. We are competitive, sure, that’s what we do, but we are exciting to watch. We have quality going forward and at times we have played some incredible football.
“I really don’t care what people are saying about us. We have to keep doing what we are going, which is getting results. I think people who have watched us will say we’re playing really well, but more importantly, if you ask our fans, they’ll tell you they’re happy with the way we’re playing. And ask managers – they’ll say they are impressed by what we’ve achieved.
“We have been doing it in style and I think our football has been outstanding at times, it really has. I watched Chelsea play Bayern Munich in the Champions League final and they didn’t come out at all, they hit it long, but they are European champions. That means they played the right way on the night. There are different ways of playing, and the most important thing is to win.”
Ferguson had accused Everton of “just lumping the ball forward” to Marouane Fellaini after Manchester United lost at Goodison at the start of the season. Moyes believes that outburst was a clear sign of Everton’s improvement.
The Everton manager, who hopes to have Kevin Mirallas available for Saturday’s trip to Fulham, explained: “I know, absolutely, that when Fergie has a dig at you it means it’s a compliment in a way. Maybe we have been competing better against United in recent seasons, and we are beginning to compete better against most of the top clubs now, so that’s perhaps why these things are being said. I’d sooner get that, them having a dig, than people being nice about us because we’ve lost. When you’re easy to beat then it’s easy to be nice, but the thing is, we are definitely not easy beat these days.”
A news article on 2012-11-02 22:30:00 from: The Guardian
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THE fall-out from the 219th Merseyside derby has just about settled down – until the next time. And there have probably been more talking points after this one than at any time since the series was revived in 1962, following a seven year derby drought.
A news article on 2012-11-02 13:00:00 from: Liverpool Echo
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