Source: Liverpool_Echo
Everton in need of a healing hand as inury woes pile up
Blues are in need of a healing hand[LNB]DAVID MOYES is desperate for his depleted Goodison troops to bounce back tomorrow.[LNB]But not from the midweek horror show in the Stadium of Light.[LNB]The Blues boss believes that match was lost on the treatment table as much as the Benfica pitch.[LNB]It's the last Premier League game against Wolves, when two home points were dropped, which is still nagging away at the Everton manager.[LNB]'That Wolves result may even be a sorer one than the Benfica one,' he declared.[LNB]'We're as disappointed at losing one goal to Wolves as we were at losing five goals to Benfica.'[LNB]Concentration at the back has suddenly become an issue for the Blues, after an impressive five-match winning run which included four clean sheets.[LNB]The pitch black result in the Stadium of Light which marked a nadir in Everton's European history - the worst scoreline in their 47 years of continental football - could be placed into perspective by the extreme team selection circumstances facing the manager.[LNB]But the goals conceded in back-to-back home games with Stoke and Wolves have suddenly checked their upwardly mobile Premier League progress - always a priority with Moyes.[LNB]'Yes, concentration is an issue,' he said 'because we lost one goal to a set piece against Stoke then a soft goal against Wolves.[LNB]'We went five games where we kept a clean sheet and then we drew two games 1-1.[LNB]'The Benfica game was a one-off because we had a few defenders out, but we have to improve.'
