David Moyes left frustrated by missed Everton chances against Birmingham

20 December 2009 18:20
David Moyes was left to rue a number of missed chances as Everton were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Birmingham.[LNB]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.'

Source: Liverpool_Echo