Everton boss David Moyes on mission to lift spirits after Carling Cup exit

David Moyes and Stephen Pienaar 300DAVID MOYES admits he faces a tough task lifting morale after Everton's dismal start to the season continued with defeat at Brentford in the Carling Cup last night. Seamus Coleman's first senior goal fired the Blues in front early on but Gary Alexander equalised for the League One strugglers before the break. Everton enjoyed a let-off when goalkeeper Jan Mucha saved a spot-kick from Charlie MacDonald in the second half and they couldn't find a winner. It went to penalties and Moyes' men crashed out 4-3 with Jermaine Beckford and Phil Jagielka both failing from 12 yards. The Blues boss must now raise spirits ahead of Saturday's trip to Fulham. 'Any manager in my position would be concerned,' Moyes said. 'We want to get points on the board and don't want to get knocked out of cups. 'I have got a job on now to lift the players. I'll need to manage and get to work. 'I will take the responsibility. I pick the team. I'll be in the same place next week, at the side of the pitch, people will be able to see me. 'It has been a poor start. But that's my job and I'll need to try and get things changed around. 'We had a poor result on Saturday and this result on top of that isn't very good.' Jagielka's penalty miss sparked a pitch invasion from the jubilant Bees supporters and led to one ugly scene when Moyes spotted one home fan launching a bottle into the away end. 'I thought it was terrible,' Moyes added. 'I saw one supporter who threw a bottle into our supporters. I said to him 'I saw your face, I saw who you were'. They threw it right into the middle of our fans. 'I think the police decided to take the penalty kicks at that end (the Brentford end) because of crowd security, and that proved a real bloomer by the police didn't it?

Source: Liverpool_Echo