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Blues in free fall Rosenior describes Everton loss as ‘most disappointing so far’

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to edge ourselves away from relegation and still had lots of money to pay off, new owner ship and 10 or 12 players out of contract so for us to be in the position we are now is just great. “I can imagine, if we could possibly do it, what it would do for the crowds here as Evertonians are desperate to get back amongst it.” On the manner of the performance, Moyes added: “Our goalkeeper (Jordan Pickford) made a couple of wonder ful saves which could have changed the game, but I think it is hard to say we didn’t deserve to win that game. “Chelsea were playing in the last 16 of the Champions League so the level they have got is good, we may have just caught them (after) playing in midweek and got an advantage from that.” – The Independent

goals from Beto and a brilliant strike from Iliman Ndiaye, Everton manager David Moyes is daring to dream of European foot ball. With his side only three points behind Liverpool in fifth, which is likely to get Champions League football next season, the Scot could barely comprehend the prospect of joining Europe’s elite. “I’d love to say it was (a possibility)

C HELSEA head coach Liam Rosenior admitted he was hurt by another defeat after labelling the 3 0 loss at Everton as “the most disap pointing evening so far”. The visitors were out-fought and out thought in a chastening experience as Hill Dickinson Stadium enjoyed its best per formance of its short history. Chelsea have lost four matches in 10 days, which included an 8-2 aggregate hum bling to Champions League holders Paris St Germain, to leave Rosenior clutching at small positives after Manchester United and Liverpool both dropped points in the race to finish in the top four. “It’s a disappointing time for the club at the moment in terms of the way we lost in the Champions League and the way we’ve lost the last two games,” said Rosenior, who wel comed the firebreak of the forthcom ing international window. “My job, it hurts. Regardless of your position, it hurts to lose games of football. Yeah, the most disappointing evening so far in terms of the things we’ve

as I’m trying to be more positive than I would normally be, but for Everton to even be in the mix for Europe is unbelievable, whether it is Conference League or Champions League,” he said. “We were sit

ting here last year just begin ning

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spoken about, not gifting goals away and making sure we’re in the game, getting control of the game. “It wasn’t there and it turned into a really difficult evening where the result and performance was nowhere near what we expected or wanted. “In terms of moving

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forward we’re one point away from the Champions League position. We need to keep working in this way.” After record ing their first back-to-back home League wins of the season courtesy of two

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Everton’s Beto (left) celebrates scoring their first goal with Iliman Ndiaye during the English Premier League match against Chelsea yesterday. – REUTERSPIC

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hand grab, and so either way he’s got one wrong. To give one and not give the other, I just can’t get my head around it. It’s crazy. Because of that they go down the other end, they score and then it’s chaos after that, really.” They were also annoyed that, when they were down to 10 men, nine minutes of additional time were added at the end of the second half, and have had other con cerns about timekeeping this season. United believe a series of decisions have gone against them this season, including Brentford’s Nathan Collins avoiding a red card in a September defeat for Ruben Amorim’s side, being denied a penalty at Wolves for a seeming handball by Emmanuel Agbadou and having a Lisandro Martinez goal against Burnley disallowed by Attwell, which was subsequently deter mined to be a mistake by the Premier League’s Key Match Incidents panel. Reflecting on the bigger picture, with his team third in the Premier League and well-placed for Champions League qualifi cation, Carrick said: “We’re in a good place. We’ve put ourselves in this position through some good work, good results and good performances. “We could have had more tonight but it’s not the end of the world. We’ve made some improvements. There are things we can improve on, and we can get a lot bet ter. “I’m happy with the way things have gone, but we’re not satisfied. We definitely want more.” – The Independent/Agencies

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MANCHESTER UNITED will make a formal complaint to PGMO after being aggrieved by the officiating in Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Bournemouth. United were annoyed that Amad Diallo was denied a penalty in the second half when pulled by Bournemouth defender Adrien Truffert and instead Andoni Iraola’s side broke forward and levelled through Ryan Christie. Manager Michael Carrick called it a “two-handed grab”and described the deci sion by referee Stuart Attwell as “astonish ing” and “baffling”. Carrick also said it was “crazy” that United were given one spot-kick – when Alex Jimenez tugged Matheus Cunha, leading to Bruno Fernandes opening the scoring – but not another, when he felt they were “the same thing”. The club are aggrieved two similar inci dents were treated differently and view it is another costly error by VAR. United are also aware they will now have defender Harry Maguire suspended for their next match, against Leeds, after he was sent off for pull ing back Evanilson, bringing a penalty that Junior Kroupi converted to give his side a point. “I thought we had enough to be ahead and a little more comfortable in the game,” Carrick told Sky Sports . “We found the goal, should’ve had another penalty. You get one, you must get the other. “It’s pretty much identical for me, two

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