Everton Football Club News

• Nickname:Toffees
• Founded:1878
• Manager:David Moyes

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Moyes proud of young stars

05 Feb 2009 - 07:36:02

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Everton manager David Moyes revealed his pride in his young stars after their 1-0 FA Cup fourth-round replay success over bitter rivals Liverpool.

Teenager Dan Gosling's composed extra-time strike secured a 1-0 win for the Toffees at Goodison Park to settle a cagey Merseyside derby which failed to ignite.

Liverpool played out the final 70 minutes of the match with only ten men following the dismissal of Lucas Leiva.

"I'm proud of them, but there is more to come," said Moyes.

"I was delighted with the two youngsters, Gosling and (Jack) Rodwell, to come on in such an important cup tie and play as well as that.

"But it says, too, a lot about the other players. We have had so many injuries and we picked up more during the match, it meant we were looking around to see what we could change.

"So it was the young boys who had to come on and I did not have any worries putting the two lads on. They had the energy we needed and it was not a worry for me to put them on.

"Gosling is a really good lad, he wants to learn and is a good trainer.

"He is a well-mannered boy who wants to improve and hopefully we can keep developing him."