EFC boss David Moyes admits he’s yet to find solution to goalscoring problem

29 December 2010 04:00
DAVID MOYES believes he is no closer to solving his side's goalscoring crisis - after benching his three strikers for the 1-1 draw with relegation-haunted West Ham United.[LNB]The Everton manager played Tim Cahill as the main forward in a 4-1-4-1 formation, asking Mikel Arteta and Jack Rodwell to support the Aussie - but still saw his team only net once, via Seamus Coleman.[LNB]Moyes' team hogged possession in the second half of the encounter, with Hammers' keeper Rob Green pulling off a superb save from Marouane Fellaini, but the Blues boss admitted that his side's troubles still lie in the final third of the pitch.[LNB]He said: 'I thought if any team was going to win it, it was going to be us. But I thought we looked as though we didn't really believe we could score the second goal. I don't think we believed we could win the game.[LNB] 'We had some really good play at times but we couldn't find the final part to it.[LNB]'We're disappointed. It's a point but I'd have liked it to have been three.[LNB]'I'm disappointed that we didn't go on and win it, maybe we didn't quite do enough, and we were maybe a little bit disjointed at times.[LNB]'We tried to play Tim Cahill up front and get Jack (Rodwell) and Mikel Arteta in behind him. We've been looking to try and find a solution to scoring goals - but we didn't find it tonight.[LNB]'I thought we should have won it earlier on, never mind later on. We got the byline two or three times in the first half but didn't pick anyone out.[LNB]'Robert Green didn't have many saves to make. Our approach play was good enough but we couldn't find the final pass to get the goal.'[LNB]Moyes will lose Cahill for up to a month after the New Year's Day clash with Stoke City, and insisted the 31-year-old is one of the best attackers in the league.

Source: Liverpool_Echo