Source: Liverpool_Echo
Everton FC show of resilience gives manager David Moyes cause for optimism
MANAGER David Moyes believes Everton missed a golden chance to get back to winning ways against Aston Villa at Goodison Park on Saturday.[LNB]The Blues took the lead through Diniyar Bilyaletdinov just before the break but John Carew equalised early in the second half and a dour clash ended in stalemate.[LNB]Moyes admitted the home side didn't do enough to deserve any more than a share of the spoils.[LNB]'Neither keeper had a great deal of saves to make and a draw was probably a fair result,' Moyes said.[LNB]'In the first half Villa looked like a team who had played extra-time in midweek and the disappointing thing is we couldn't capitalise on that.[LNB]'They were a notch below in the first half and the game was there for us, but Villa picked up in the second half. We had an opportunity but weren't quite good enough to take it.[LNB]'I wanted to get the three points but a point is not a bad result. We are not playing with a great deal of confidence at the moment.[LNB]'I thought we nullified Aston Villa quite well but weren't able to play our own game. We're missing a few players who might create things for us, so we're set up slightly differently.[LNB]'I wanted us to keep a clean sheet more than anything and I thought if we did that we would win the game.'[LNB]The draw extended the Blues' winless streak to six games and leaves them 13th in the Premier League.[LNB]However, they are only seven points behind fourth-placed Manchester City with a game in hand and Moyes is confident when the club's walking wounded return to action they will climb the table.[LNB]'The tightness of the Premier League means we are not a million miles away from the teams at the top,' he said.
