Moyes refuses to get carried away after Everton hold on for 3-2 Tottenham win

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Moyes refuses to get carried away after Everton hold on for 3-2 Tottenham win  19/01/2025  Goodison Park, Liverpool, UK

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00:00David, good evening, congratulations.

00:16Three goals, three points, you've sent a lot of Evertonians home very happy tonight.

00:19As the dust starts to settle, what have the emotions been today?

00:23I think we're just beginning to settle, slightly getting back into the role and getting used to it again.

00:30Just really pleased that we could give everybody something to shout about.

00:34They nearly weren't going home happy for a wee while because we played ever so well in the first half.

00:41We scored three and maybe could have scored another couple with a couple of big opportunities as well.

00:46Keeper saves one onto the post.

00:50So I think my first half performance was excellent and actually the aim was to go and get the fourth goal.

00:54We'd said, let's go and get the fourth goal and make sure that there's nothing at risk

00:58because I think if Tottenham had got a goal, the ability Tottenham have got, their attack and play,

01:04means that you're always going to be under pressure.

01:06I think Dom had the chance maybe to make it four, but he played very well today

01:12and it ended up a really good victory for us.

01:16Having only scored 15 all season, how satisfying is it to see those first two goals going?

01:21Because they were lovely goals, weren't they?

01:23I actually thought that the goals were very good and I thought Jesper had done well today as well.

01:27He put in a great cross for the third one and I know it ended up an own goal,

01:31the back post and Tarky headed it back across the goal.

01:34It was a really good bit of play for the second goal to play through and LA get his chance to score.

01:39Overall, really, really pleased with the three points.

01:43It wouldn't have marked how we played today, to be honest.

01:45As long as we won, it was a big thing for me.

01:47But in a way, having won like that, what does that do for self-belief and confidence in the dressing room?

01:53Well, I think everybody will know, we used Dominic as an example,

01:58I think he had three chances in midweek, so that's great, the chances.

02:02Today he's probably had the same, got a goal, maybe could have had more.

02:06But if a striker's getting the chances, that's it.

02:09And the goal today will give him great confidence.

02:11But I think the whole team looked a different outfit today.

02:15I thought they played really well, they passed it well when they got the right opportunities.

02:19But we gave it away a lot as well, mostly in the second half,

02:22which we need to try and eradicate, that we're giving the ball away cheaply when we don't need to at times.

02:27Nice to have that Goodison roar at full-time.

02:29I mean, it takes you back 12 years, I'm sure.

02:31Fabulous.

02:32When they were singing that song about me having red hair.

02:35It's now grey hair.

02:36I don't know if that works.

02:39Thank you very much.

02:40Cheers.

02:47David, congratulations.

02:48You made a few changes at the start of the game.

02:50Can you just talk us through what it was you were hoping to achieve with Jake O'Brien?

02:53You were just in front of him, it was a new look down the right.

02:55It was really effective.

02:57Yeah, I was trying to find a way of...

03:00I think most people here, you all know better than me,

03:03have probably seen most of the players and seen what they've got.

03:05So nothing's probably going to surprise you.

03:07Maybe Jake's the only one who's not really been seen that much.

03:11We've got two very good central defenders and experienced central defenders.

03:16So I wanted to see if I could find a way of fitting them in.

03:19It's quite often young centre-backs make their debuts playing at full-back.

03:23You know, a lot of them do.

03:26I did, certainly as a young player, and a lot of them do.

03:28So maybe he has to find his way a little bit.

03:31But we tried to also use him with his ability on the ball

03:34to try and help us build a little bit better at different times.

03:38And at times be four at the back, at times be three at the back at different times.

03:43I thought Jesper, to be fair to him, did a really good job as well in the early part of the game.

03:48How pleased were you with the intent of your side?

03:51I thought for the third goal, the ball got cleared a few times on the brink of half-time

03:55because he usually just played it back and tried to see time out.

03:57But you just kept putting the ball into the box.

03:59You got a reward, it killed the game, didn't it?

04:01It was. I agree.

04:03I think it came and he put one ball in and it came back out and we regained it again.

04:08I thought the cross he got from the touchline was a fabulous cross right to the back post.

04:12And Tarky hit it and we gained a little bit of luck.

04:16Sometimes you all need a bit of luck.

04:19We needed things in the first half, a couple of things, throw-ins went our way.

04:25We needed it, bounced off people and we needed that for us to get a little bit of control.

04:30You spoke at midweek about having patience with Calverley.

04:33Obviously, you hadn't had a lot of chances this season.

04:35When you got that one today, the way you put it forward, it must give you hope for the rest of the season.

04:40It was a real calm piece of play, quick feet in and around his feet.

04:46I think the one he was running away, I'm saying, go on, here's a big channel getting through.

04:50I'm saying, go on, you'll get it right.

04:52But obviously, he just didn't quite get that one.

04:56But then the one in the second half.

04:58The big thing for him is, people tell me that he hadn't been getting many chances.

05:03Well, he's got a few in these games and he's got a goal.

05:06The biggest thing is he played a proper number nine today at times.

05:09He made the centre-halves worried, he left a bit on one.

05:13He was a threat, he was challenging.

05:17He won, I would say, a good percentage of his aerial duels today.

05:20I thought he'd come out, played into him, took himself and switched the player a couple of times with the ball.

05:27I thought he'd done a lot of really good things today.

05:31Hi, Davies. A lot of supporters, before you got to compare Ilman Dye to Steven Pienaar,

05:38obviously you had him in his first film.

05:40Can you see why that comparison is there and what have you made of him since you've had him?

05:44A little bit.

05:45Steven Pienaar didn't score many goals, but he kept assisting Benzie.

05:49Benzie would then roll it and apply it for Tim Cahill, probably, most of the time.

05:54I think Steven Pienaar was more of a midfield player and had a great ability to keep the ball off people.

06:02I don't know Elie well enough yet.

06:04I thought he took his goal brilliantly well.

06:06I want him to ball carry more than he's doing at the moment.

06:10I want him to be an attacking threat.

06:14He can take people and face them up and do that at the right time.

06:18I actually think he's got more to come.

06:21I really do. I think he could give us a bit more.

06:24If you're going to be that attacker today, he scores a goal.

06:27Dom scores a goal.

06:29Jesper crosses one in and I thought Jesper would have done it.

06:32I think he might have had another assist.

06:34Suddenly, your front players are beginning to have an impact on the team, which was great today.

06:41When you see those attacking improvements, does that maybe change what you want in the transfer market?

06:46Or do you still want attacking players?

06:47No, we definitely need to try and keep adding because we've only got one win.

06:52I'm not in here celebrating in any way. Far from it.

06:56I'm in here knowing that I've had a brilliant win today against Tottenham.

07:00To be fair, I'm backing it up by saying we didn't do bad against Aston Villa.

07:04We might not have been quite enough, but we're playing against a couple of good teams.

07:10We ran one close and today we got a good victory.

07:17Going back to Calvin Lewin, if we're talking about strikers, you need to do something with this one.

07:24If you can get him scoring more, he can maybe be part of the solution.

07:28His goals last have been very important in keeping Everton up.

07:31Absolutely.

07:33If Dom's going to be on his top form and begin to show signs, which he's shown now,

07:40you're probably saying it's certainly more likely.

07:44People who've watched this club longer than me will tell you they've tended to a number nine

07:48who's never made it easy for any centre-half at any time.

07:52Because of that, there's a little bit of expectation that he has to be that type as well.

07:58I think for different periods at different times in his career he has been.

08:03Sometimes maybe somebody needs to just tell him to work straight on.

08:08I think it's just good that he's getting chances and he's got a wee bit of belief.

08:12He's finished his goal really well and hopefully he'll take a few more when he gets them.

08:18He had a good header as well, it was a bit unlucky.

08:20It might have just been a bit too high for him.

08:22I think it might have been the cross before the goal, I'm not sure.

08:26It was certainly before, it wasn't that long ago.

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