Source: team_talk
David Moyes bowed out with pride in his Everton team despite Chelsea defeat
David Moyes was full of praise for his players as he bowed out as Everton boss with a 2-1 defeat at Chelsea.
Steven Naismith had equalised Juan Mata's first-half goal but Fernando Torres came up with a second-half winner to ensure it was Rafa Benitez not Moyes who would finish with a win.
Moyes was disappointed by that but had nothing but positive words for his players as he prepares to leave to take over at Manchester United, ending his 11-year stay with the Toffees.
"It was a really good game and we played well," Moyes told Sky Sports. "We certainly didn't deserve to lose today.
"We were excellent in the first half and then went behind with a bit of a mistake leading up to that but we deserved our goal back.
"In the second half we didn't start the game so well but we created a lot of chances and at the worst we should have had a draw out of it."
Tim Howard was responsible for the opening goal as he failed to cling onto a tame Demba Ba shot but Moyes preferred to focus on the positives of a sixth-place finish.
"We'd actually been the better team and they caught us a little bit on the break from a spill out by Tim that hasn't happened all season," he added. "So that gave them a pretty easy goal.
"But the players were magnificent today, they really were. This was a game today where we couldn't go up or down the table.
"We wanted to get a record points total if we could but I couldn't really fault the players for the way they went about their job. They didn't stop playing and kept trying to win the game.
"We have had a fabulous season. I think if you'd asked the bookies at the start of the season where they'd have thought Everton would finish they'd have said somewhere around here but there are a lot of good teams below us as well."
