Anjishnu Roy 19/10/2025 comments  |  Jump to last

David Moyes highlighted the positives in Everton’s performance, especially with the way they went toe-to-toe with Manchester City in the first half, before suffering a 2-0 defeat at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

The Blues were proactive in their approach right from the off and took the game to Man City’s half early on. They also managed to carve out a few big openings thanks to Iliman Ndiaye’s magic from the wings, but failed to break the deadlock.

The in-form Erling Haaland then took over the contest and scored a quick brace to wrap up the result for the hosts, who arrived into the game on the back of a seven-game unbeaten run.

Speaking to BBC’s Match of the Day after the game, David Moyes said, "I was quite pleased with lots of the performance. Not pleased with the result. We've come here and put on a good show, up until the first goal certainly. Created a couple of chances in the first half. I wanted to try and challenge the likes of City and Arsenal where we can. We've challenged them today but...