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David Moyes felt aggrieved after watching his Everton side scramble a 2-2 draw in a scintillating game against Aston Villa at Goodison Park.
The Scot claimed Jermaine Beckford’s effort should have stood after his shot bounced down off the crossbar.
Darren Bent appeared to have put Villa on course for three points when he responded to Leon Osman’s opener with a second-half double.
But Everton battled on and won a spot-kick late on which Leighton Baines converted.
Instinct
Moyes told Sky Sports: “It was a goal that never was. It was over the line. My initial instinct was that it was a goal because of the angle the ball bounced down and I thought the linesman and the referee would have picked up on that.
“It’s not easy for them to see and that’s why we’ve championed we could do with some goal-line technology.
“But everytime one of these goals arise, people are going to talk about it and I just thought the referee and the linesman would have thought with the angle the ball came off the bar, they were going to award the goal, but they didn’t.
“And they went up the park and within 10 seconds they had made it 2-1.”
Delighted
Overall, Moyes was delighted with the performance of his injury-hit side.
Everton are sitting in seventh position and are four points behind their Merseyside neighbours Liverpool.
“The team played really, really well today,” said Moyes. “With the players we had out, I was really concerned but I thought they played really well.
“I thought the side made some really good chances to win the game but to be fair Aston Villa were a threat all day.”
Tim Cahill and Jack Rodwell failed to prove their fitness, joining Marouane Fellaini, Louis Saha and Mikel Arteta on the sidelines, and Seamus Coleman was not 100 per cent fit.
Not one of Moyes’ seven substitutes had featured for a single minute in the
Premier League before.
He added: “Injuries are part of football. Hopefully, we can get some back and if we do, it will help us.”
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