No easy street on way to Wembley FA Cup glory – Everton boss David Moyes

23 January 2010 05:00
Dan Gosling celebrates his winning goal against Liverpool 460[LNB]NOBODY could accuse Everton of taking an easy route to last season's FA Cup final. The Blues' achievement of reaching Wembley in May came via hard-fought defeats over Liverpool, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Manchester United.[LNB]That they should then draw Chelsea in the main event only served to underline the severity of the task David Moyes faced in fulfilling his yearning desire to win a trophy at Everton.[LNB]But the Goodison Park boss suspects this time around it could be harder than ever to win the famous old pot.[LNB]He said: 'We all really enjoyed the way the Cup went, the feeling of it, the momentum it built and we want a chance to do that again.[LNB]' It can be taken away from you very quickly so you can't build your hopes up too much. You can only win your next game.[LNB]'Last year, every game we thought was a tough draw, we never thought throughout the run that we had an easy game, yet we got through. You can't take the FA Cup for granted.'[LNB]Moyes feels that big-spending clubs like Manchester City will be determined to win the trophy to justify their investment levels with a league win out of the question.[LNB]He said: 'I think the FA Cup has become harder to win now. Everybody is trying to win the cup competitions. Look at the teams who are spending hundreds of millions - maybe just to win a cup.[LNB]'It puts it into perspective. It's not an easy thing to do.[LNB]' If you're in the Champions League you might try and get through the early rounds of the League Cup with a lesser side, but in the FA Cup I don't think there's one team in the Premier League who doesn't want to win it and would say it isn't important to them.

Source: Liverpool_Echo