What The Papers Say - 5 January

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David Moyes spoke to Match of the Day after Everton's 4-2 defeat against Brentford on Sunday afternoon.

The Blues manager was disappointed with his side's performance, but praised both Beto and Thierno Barry as they both got on the scoresheet.

"I'm disappointed we didn't play better," Moyes commented. "We were just a bit short in some areas. We were disappointing defensively today and not as strong as we have been.

"We are short on a lot of our creative players which showed at times. [But] we didn't do our defensive duties as well as we could have done.

"When your centre forwards score goals that's what we want. Today they didn't have the support and back-up. If we'd kept a clean sheet we could have won. But no complaints, Brentford deserved the victory."

Meanwhile, ESPN speculates the Blues could make a January move for Blackburn Rovers right-back Ryan Alebiosu.

Alebiosu, who made his Nigeria debut just last week against Uganda at AFCON, has made 20 appearances in his debut season at Ewood Park, picking up a goal and two assists.

The broadcaster also states that Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg and Serie A sides Sassuolo and Genoa are interested in the full-back.