MOYES' FURY

Saturday 20 October 2007, 14:10
by Scott McLeod @efc_scottmcleod

Everton manager David Moyes was left fuming with the decisions which proved costly for Everton in the 206th Merseyside derby.

The Blues were leading 1-0 at the interval courtesy of a Sami Hyypia own goal. But two second half penalties, with each earning a red card for Everton players - Tony Hibbert and Phil Neville respectively - turned the game on its head and led to a Liverpool win.

The Blues were left scratching their heads at the decision from referee Mark Clattenburg that led to Hibbert's departure - with the official seeming to pick out a yellow card before changing to a red as he was confronted by Liverpool's Steven Gerrard.

Double penalty scorer Dirk Kuyt also escaped a red card for a kung-fu style foul on Phil Neville midway through the second half. Joleon Lescott also appeared to be fouled twice in the Liverpool area, with the referee waving away the strong penalty claims.

As a result, the Everton boss was left hugely frustrated by the way the game panned out.

He said: "I will go and see the referee but I think when I go in it will be what he is going to say to me, not what I am going to say to him.

"I am not convinced about the first penalty. It was the coming together of two players. Steven Gerrard's arm goes across Tony Hibbert's before they come together and I think Gerrard slipped. Tony Hibbert did not make a tackle.

"The referee pulls out a yellow card and then the Liverpool captain has a word with him and then it becomes red.

"The decisions he has made happen in football games; you sometimes get them or sometimes you don't. But what we get in the last second of the game was a chance for it to be corrected and it was a result we deserved.

"A point was what we deserved, if not more and he does not give the penalty kick. If the other one has been more blatant than that one then I am in the wrong game!"

If you are keen to see the moments of note from the contest, extended highlights will be available to view on evertonTV from midnight on Saturday (UK only).