Moyes on Liverpool's 1-0 win over his Everton side
02/04/2025
Anfield, Liverpool, UK
02/04/2025
Anfield, Liverpool, UK
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00:00Jürgen, David, just first, just get your thoughts on that.
00:12Say that again, sorry.
00:13Just start, just get your thoughts on that and tell them the points.
00:15Like, Liverpool were the better team, no complaints with that.
00:21We've had some opportunities.
00:23I thought we'd done a great job, we were resilient.
00:26I think we've now played Liverpool twice in a month, just about.
00:30I think we've ran them close in both games.
00:33Maybe we're a wee bit closer than we think we are.
00:37I thought the players did a great job tonight, in some aspects, not in other aspects.
00:43It's disappointing when you walk away with a goal which is clearly offside in a Derby match.
00:50You said yesterday that the gulf between the two sides has never been greater.
00:54You've pushed them so hard in two games in quick succession, does that give you a lot of pride?
00:58Yeah, it does because we've had a really hard game tonight and we've got hard games coming up.
01:04I feel as if it's a wee bit of a challenge to see how we can do.
01:08I have to say, the players at the moment have stood up to the challenge twice against Liverpool.
01:13I have to say, I thought Liverpool were much faster, much better tonight than they were in the first game.
01:18They made it difficult for us.
01:20I have to say, our players showed great resilience, stuck at it.
01:25We just couldn't play well enough when we got the moments.
01:29We had our chances, we had some chances, but we just couldn't quite take them tonight.
01:35Just on the goal, you felt controversial, it looked like you were in an offside position.
01:39He's offside, yeah.
01:40Have you sought an explanation for that?
01:42I've not sought an explanation, but I've said to him that I'm disappointed.
01:47I think it's quite an easy one to give as well because all our players are holding the 18-yard line
01:52and Diaz comes from behind and affects Tarky from behind, clearing it.
01:58I'm really surprised it wasn't given.
02:00Or maybe I'm not surprised.
02:05Who's next?
02:07Hi David, just wondering what you made of the James Tarkovsky challenge early on?
02:12Yeah.
02:13When he was going to the VAR, were you expecting him to be a red or stick with the yellow?
02:17I've got to say, no, I wasn't.
02:19I've seen it since and I'll explain it to you.
02:21I thought at the time it was a brilliant tackle for a Derby game.
02:27You people are all asking for it and then when you get it, you're wanting to send it off.
02:31You've got to be careful what you wish for.
02:33I thought it was a brilliant tackle, but since I've seen it and I've come back in,
02:37I think we could have been lucky that he didn't get a red because it looked high.
02:41But it depends what era you want to play your football in and watch your football in.
02:46To me, I thought at the time it looked a brilliant tackle.
02:49I think it probably was, it was a follow-through which looked worse.
02:54David, just on Michalenko, come back from injury, did he do a good job on Mo Salah?
02:58Yeah, he's done well. I'm pleased for him.
03:01Even before the game he was a little bit worried, but he was fine, so I'm pleased, yeah.
03:06If you had to pick that up, it was a big chance he missed in the first half?
03:11No, I've had a look at it and I think he just chooses the wrong side of the goal.
03:15I think the goalkeeper actually gives him the other side, which he's been scoring with quite a bit.
03:20But I thought when it went past the goal, I thought it was in in the dugout.
03:24But it hits the post, it can happen.
03:27The one thing is he's still getting some big opportunities in the games.
03:33David, you said maybe you weren't surprised he didn't get the offside call.
03:37Do you think the referee was missing a few things that didn't go your way tonight?
03:41No, I didn't think that, I just thought that.
03:44We hear a lot, but I don't think there's many managers come here and think they've got loads of decisions at Anfield.
03:49Generally, that's me, that's my opinion.
03:52And this was one tonight which I think is quite easy.
03:56He's along the line of linesmen, it's really easy to give offside.
04:00Very, very easy.
04:03I wasn't quite sure how good the linesmen done their jobs tonight, generally.
04:08I think there was some early flags, some late flags.
04:11I didn't think they'd done particularly well at it.
04:17David, you spoke earlier in the week about the gap between the teams.
04:20I was wondering what are the main things you think you need to address to start with during that gap?
04:25Well, look, we've had a few years, probably more than a few years, of not a difficult time.
04:31So I don't know how quick we can close the gap.
04:35But we're trying to find ways of doing it the best we can just now.
04:38Obviously, we've got an important summer coming up.
04:44We've got new owners who we're trying to get to know and understand what they want from us at the club
04:49and where the club is going from that point as well.
04:52But I just think that I'm so pleased with the performance of the players.
04:56Nine unbeaten coming here tonight.
04:58Nine unbeaten, playing Liverpool tonight, running them close.
05:01Maybe not the better team, but running them close, even up to the last minute.
05:05Keeping ourselves in the game, we have a chance of getting something out of it.
05:08I think they deserve a lot of credit for that.
05:12Okay, thanks.
05:13Cheers, thank you.