Source: Team_Talk
Moyes left frustrated after draw
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov's sixth-minute strike was all the hosts had to show for their early dominance, although Louis Saha had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside minutes after the Russia international had opened the scoring.[LNB]And they were caught cold when Sebastian Larsson equalised with Birmingham's first shot of the match midway through the first half.[LNB]It was much the same after the interval and even when Moyes sent on Ayegbeni Yakubu and switched to 4-4-2 Everton could not make the breakthrough.[LNB]However, Moyes was disappointed Saha's effort was disallowed and also that the officials failed to spot an incident when Stephen Carr appeared to handle the ball when he challenged Saha.[LNB]"It's a goal. And then Stephen Carr punches it off his head - I've seen that as well," said the Everton manager.[LNB]"I'm frustrated because we had opportunities in a game which I feel we were in control of and should have won.[LNB]"I didn't think Saha's disallowed goal would be the turning point at the time because I thought we were dominating the game and playing so well we would go on a score more goals[LNB]"I thought our play was fine but I thought in the final third we were wasteful in our final pass and finish."[LNB]Moyes also credited Birmingham with a disciplined defensive display.[LNB]"I thought they were really resilient. They are on a good run and they went up the pitch once and got a goal," he added.[LNB]"They earned that because they worked really hard to stay in the game and we have not been quite good enough to break them down today."[LNB]Birmingham boss Alex McLeish saw his side's five-match winning stretch come to an end but they remain unbeaten in nine Barclays Premier League games.[LNB]"It is a good end to the run-up to Christmas," he said.[LNB]"We were hoping we would remain intact on this unbeaten run up to Christmas Day.[LNB]"To come to Goodison, not play that great and get a point I suppose is a fantastic bonus."[LNB]McLeish accepted his side had got lucky with some of the officials' decisions.[LNB]"I know Louis Saha was not offside. We have had some like that go against us but it shows you, in a split-second decision, how difficult it is for the linesman," he said.[LNB]On Carr's possible handball McLeish added: "Looking from the dug-out I thought someone threw their arm up and people are telling me that now but no-one seemed to bat an eyelid.[LNB]"It's one of those strange ones. What was the decision given, a goal-kick?"[LNB][LNB]
