Source: Liverpool_Echo
David Moyes: I was expecting the worst - Everton FC latest
EVERTON boss David Moyes celebrated a Stamford Bridge draw for the fourth successive season on Saturday night.[LNB]But the Blues manager admitted he had been bracing himself for a heavy defeat![LNB]'The players were great. I was concerned before we came down here. To come to Chelsea and get a result is a great one,' he declared.[LNB]He picked out the makeshift central defensive pairing of Lucas Neill and Johnny Heitinga for special praise, after the duo went head to head with the in-form Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka.[LNB]'They were great and did a very good job today,' he added. 'They stuck at their jobs, they're both experienced enough and we needed that today.[LNB]'It was one of those days where I thought we might have to take a sore one and I didn't want that.[LNB]'We're trying to regain a little bit of confidence; the players did that today and hopefully we can build on that.'[LNB]Moyes believed the 3-3 draw was his team's best result of the season.[LNB]'It was a great draw for us,' he added. 'I'd have certainly taken a draw before the game with the team that we had out.[LNB]'They didn't half show great resilience and endeavour. We know the quality Chelsea have got, and we know that at the moment we can't match that.[LNB]'I have to give great credit to the boys that played today. I thought they were immense.[LNB]'Chelsea have very few weaknesses. Undoubtedly they are in the top three teams in this country and the same in Europe. They have very few weaknesses, and I thought today we kept at it.[LNB]'The team showed a great spirit and that's what we've tended to do at Everton.[LNB]'I'd say this was our best result of the season. Chelsea caused us lots of problems but I think we're entitled to that bit of luck.'[LNB]Chelsea counterpart Carlo Ancelotti rebuffed suggestions that Chelsea are in crisis after some desperate defending from set-pieces allowed Everton back into the match.[LNB]'Who can say we are in crisis?' asked Ancelotti. 'I don't think so. I want to be objective and when I look at the game and the way we played I saw that my team played very well.[LNB]'We didn't win because of mistakes at set-pieces. But we played very well for 90 minutes with intensity and good concentration.[LNB]'We created a lot of chances to score and were unlucky today. I am happy because Chelsea played very well for 90 minutes, (but) I am unhappy with the result. I didn't have to say anything to my players because they did the maximum.[LNB]'We didn't win but that can happen in football - you can draw at home.
