David Moyes desperately wants more quality after Everton get off to losing start in Premier League

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David Moyes admitted he was “desperate” for more quality in attack after Everton slumped to a narrow 1-0 defeat at Leeds United. The game underlined an issue the Blues boss has stressed all summer: the lack of attacking depth, particularly on the right wing, where Everton continue to operate without a natural option.

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00:00David Moyes admitted he was desperate for more quality in attack after Everton slumped

00:06to a narrow 1-0 defeat at Leeds United. The game underlined an issue. The Blues boss has

00:12stressed all summer the lack of attacking depth, particularly on the right wing, where

00:17Everton continue to operate without a natural option.

00:22Despite summer arrivals Carlos Alcaraz, Keenan Duesby Hall, Tiero Barry and Jack Grealish,

00:28Everton remained short of balance. At Ellum Road, that weakness was painfully clear. According

00:34to stats, the Toffees created zero expected goals in the first half, with their first shot

00:40of the new campaign not arriving until the 54th minute, when Idrissa Gueye tested Island

00:46Milia. Alcaraz and Jake O'Brien threatened late on, but overall Everton posed too little

00:52trouble to the newly promoted hosts. Leeds, by contrast, looked sharp throughout, led by

00:57Wilfred Nonto, a player Everton tried to sign two years ago when the winger was briefly

01:02sidelined amid transfer in Strasse from Merseyside. His lively display only reinforced the gaping

01:09hole that exists in Moyes' squad. Leeds eventually won through a controversial penalty awarded

01:15for handball against James Karkoski, a decision Moyes called unjust as he criticised the poor

01:21weekend. The right flank has been a long-running problem. Last season, loanees Jesper Lindstrom

01:28and Jack Harrison filled the role, but neither offered a long-term solution.

01:32Harrison's return to face his parent club on Monday was met with jeers from sections of

01:38the Leeds' support, highlighting the uneasy backdrop. Everton's latest pursuit was Southampton

01:44startlet Tyler Dibbling, but three bids were rejected and the teenager has since been reintegrated

01:50into the Saints' plans. One bright spot is the arrival of Grealish, who came on for the final 20 minutes.

01:58Moyes is easing him in carefully. With the window closing soon, Everton's shortcomings in attack

02:04remain obvious. Moyes' public plea makes clear that unless reinforcements arise, progress could once again

02:11be stifled.

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