Source: Liverpool_Echo
Everton FC: We’re getting closer says David Moyes after Merseyside derby defeat
DAVID MOYES believes Saturday's narrow derby defeat proves the gap between Liverpool and Everton is closing.[LNB]The Blues failed to make the most of their numerical advantage after Sotirios Kyrgiakos was sent off before the break.[LNB]And Moyes admitted it was a missed opportunity to end the club's 11-year wait for a win at Anfield, but insisted his side were desperately unlucky to take nothing from the game.[LNB]'I certainly don't think we deserved to lose the game,' he said.[LNB]'We might not have deserved to win it, but we shouldn't have lost it.[LNB]'I came off the pitch not feeling like the losers today.[LNB]'There is a lot going for us and you would have to say it looks like there is very little between Liverpool and Everton at this present time.[LNB]'On the field there isn't much of a gap between the clubs and that says a lot about how far Everton have come in recent years.[LNB]'It's disappointing and that was a great opportunity for us, but there will be more opportunities because we're getting closer.[LNB]'It's amazing that we've come to Anfield and left thinking 'that shouldn't have happened'. That shows you how times have changed.'[LNB]Despite having an extra man, Everton struggled to break down Liverpool in the second half and saw their nine-match unbeaten league run ended.[LNB]However, Moyes denied Rafa Benitez's claim that the Blues had made life easy for Liverpool by pumping a succession of long balls forward.[LNB]'I don't think we got worse after they went down to 10 men,' Moyes insisted.[LNB]'I thought we did fine. We kept the ball, passed it quite well and tried to do the right things.[LNB]'We needed a little bit more width at times but that was the only thing we lacked at times.[LNB]'When we got to the final third we just didn't have what was needed to make the difference.[LNB]'I thought we had patience and mixed the play up well. We tried to play around them, we tried to go over the top and we tried to go up to them.[LNB]'We didn't create enough chances but saying that Liverpool didn't create much either.'
