Everton boss David Moyes reacts to his side's dramatic last minute winner
12/04/2025
City Ground, Nottingham, UK.
12/04/2025
City Ground, Nottingham, UK.
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00:00David, you must be delighted with that.
00:03Yeah, it was a really good performance right from the kick-off.
00:07I thought that for long periods of games, we looked as if we were probably in top.
00:12We had one or two small periods just before half-time,
00:14but I thought in the main first half and probably second half as well,
00:17certainly we played better.
00:20What was your thought process going into the game?
00:22Because you seemed more assertive quite from the start, Everton, really.
00:26Yeah, I did. I was annoyed with our start against Arsenal last week.
00:30I dug the players out a bit about the mistakes
00:33and we sort of made a focus of trying to get better for that first period in the game.
00:36I thought we did. I thought we'd done a lot of good things.
00:41From that point of view, it was a good start for us.
00:46I thought we made it difficult for Forrest to get too much control in the game.
00:50James Garner and Poirier both came in, so they both had good first hours.
00:54They did, yeah. I thought they both done really well.
00:57I thought a lot of the players played really well today.
01:00I thought there were some top performers.
01:03I think, unless I'm seeing it wrong, I thought it was a deserved victory in the end.
01:08It was maybe a late goal, but I thought we'd done enough to warrant it.
01:13Nice and Decorey to get that moment as well at the end.
01:15Yeah, good for Dukes because he does a lot of work for the team,
01:19which sometimes goes unnoticed.
01:20But I actually think that he's beginning to score a few goals.
01:26We're beginning to see him in a different light a little bit
01:29and show us one or two other things.
01:31That game from Dwight O'Neill, when you're in the bottom half,
01:32where you've got to see a player that's had such a difficulty,
01:35Mark's nice to see him, has a big impact like John?
01:38Yeah, I mean, I was right behind a pass,
01:40and actually I think he didn't make it particularly good,
01:42but I think the centre-half got his feet mixed up,
01:45or he would have cleared it, actually.
01:46But nevertheless, I'm sure Dwight's taken an assist for it.
01:52And just how much did you enjoy celebrating with that away at the end?
01:55It was big for us because, you know, we've had,
01:58I think that's our third away win.
02:00You know, and I think that when you look at that at the moment,
02:02you say, hey, that's not too bad.
02:04But Nottingham Forest at the moment are sort of
02:06some of which we should all sort of look to.
02:08You know, if we could have a season like Nottingham Forest
02:10are having this year, next year,
02:13then I'd be hugely thrilled.
02:14And amongst the Champions League teams,
02:16semi-final of the Cup.
02:18So, look, they're doing unbelievably well,
02:21but I thought in the main, we deserved a victory today.
02:24Siobhan?
02:25David, you said the other day,
02:27you were questioning whether the Reifers were going back,
02:30but moments like this was...
02:32Yeah, I loved seeing the supporters here
02:35because we've got a huge fan base
02:38and for long periods they've probably not had much to shout about.
02:41And probably for 90 minutes,
02:43I think they probably were saying,
02:45hey, this is, we've played well today.
02:47But, you know, sometimes just to cap that off,
02:50you know, we might be coming in talking differently
02:51if it was a nil-nil draw.
02:52But I think the goal,
02:55once you see the goal,
02:56I think you probably say,
02:57yeah, it was well-deserved for Everton on the day.
03:00Up to 14th level of points to the United,
03:03looking up now rather than...
03:05Yeah, I hope so.
03:07I know that I can,
03:08it's easily for me to say,
03:08I've not got much more time to say it,
03:10but, you know,
03:11we're still probably not mathematically saved,
03:13but we're just about there.
03:14So I'll need to get rid of that line soon, hopefully.
03:18But you're right,
03:19we should be trying to see if we can win.
03:22But you'll know,
03:23and we've mentioned it quite a bit in the press conference,
03:25probably this run of games,
03:26we've been in the likes of Liverpool,
03:27Arsenal, Nottingham Forest away,
03:29now we've got Man City to come.
03:31This was always looking,
03:33hey, where are we going to take any points from?
03:35So we took a good point last week.
03:36We ran Liverpool pretty close
03:38and we've come here today and got a result.
03:41So we're challenging,
03:42we're challenging some of the best teams
03:44in the league at the moment,
03:45which is a great sign for me.
03:47David, no one would ever question
03:48the integrity of your team,
03:49but do your players thrive
03:51on the sort of shaking it all up
03:52at the race for Europe, you know,
03:54because that's really made a real difference.
03:56Has it?
03:57I don't really know.
03:58I've not been able to look that,
04:00get my head up that way
04:00to look up near the top of the league yet.
04:03You know, I've been looking down there.
04:06So, look, I don't think we,
04:08I think we came here saying that,
04:09you know, look,
04:10we've got to go and put on
04:12a good performance.
04:12Nottingham Forest have done
04:13unbelievably well.
04:15And, you know,
04:17but today we,
04:18look, I'm sure,
04:19unless I'm seeing it wrong,
04:20I think you would be hard to say
04:21that we didn't deserve that,
04:22the result.
04:24Maybe it was just Forest
04:25a little bit down,
04:26big games to come,
04:27thoughts on their mind.
04:29But I don't know,
04:29does that,
04:30I would have thought
04:30they were right in the pack,
04:32are they not?
04:32They're all wrong today.
04:33It's making it tight.
04:34Does it?
04:34As you know,
04:35these games this time of year.
04:36Yeah, no,
04:37it's, well,
04:38it is,
04:38what,
04:39we've got six or seven to go now,
04:40so,
04:40look,
04:42they have done remarkably well.
04:45And if you,
04:45I think if you'd given
04:46Nottingham Forest
04:47Europe,
04:48never mind then,
04:49and I'm fortunate enough
04:50in the last few years
04:51I've had Europa League
04:52and the Conference League,
04:54I think Nottingham Forest
04:55would have said,
04:56we'll snap your hand off
04:58for that.
04:58So,
04:59I think they've been
05:00in the position they're in,
05:01it's incredible what they've done.
05:03We'll all need to wait
05:04and see if they,
05:04if they make it over the line
05:06for Champions League,
05:06but it looks as if
05:07they're certain to get into
05:08one of the European competitions.
05:11David,
05:1220 years ago,
05:13you got Everton
05:14into the Champions League
05:15against a team
05:15with far greater resources.
05:17I think you had a run
05:18near the end
05:19where you won three out of five
05:20and drew the other.
05:21Is the hardest part
05:23to get over the line
05:24in a situation
05:25in a terrible season
05:26and how did you manage it
05:29back then?
05:31Well,
05:31I always remember
05:32and it's something
05:33and I hope I've got this right
05:34and I've not got it wrong.
05:35I always remember thinking
05:36that somewhere in the run-in
05:37you're probably going to have to
05:38win one of the big games.
05:40There'll be games that you should
05:41but you're going to have to win
05:41one of the big games
05:42and I'm sure Duncan Ferguson
05:44scored the goal
05:45and we beat Man United 1-0
05:46at Goodison
05:48and it was,
05:50I hope that's right
05:51what I'm saying,
05:53and that was in a period
05:54and it's always made me think
05:56that you probably
05:57when you're not
05:58maybe the best team
06:01I think you have to find
06:02a way of picking up
06:04sort of wins
06:05which maybe people
06:05are not expecting you to do
06:06and I think we had one win
06:07against Man United
06:08in the run-in
06:09at that period
06:10which helped us get there.
06:13Any further questions?
06:14David, just ask what you thought
06:16Jack Arreston was displaying to me.
06:17I thought Jack was very good today.
06:19Putting crosses,
06:20went on the outside,
06:21was a threat.
06:23So in many ways
06:25it might have been
06:25one of his best performances
06:26and got us,
06:28we've been lacking,
06:30we've been lacking
06:31people who can create
06:33and make some chances for us
06:34but I thought Jack was close
06:35to making a few opportunities
06:36for us today.
06:37Man United 1-0
06:41wasn't it?
06:42That's right.
06:43Yeah, there you go.
06:44On the run-in.