Moyes reacts to his side's dramatic last minute winner

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Everton boss David Moyes reacts to his side's dramatic last minute winner  12/04/2025  City Ground, Nottingham, UK.

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00:00David, you must be delighted with that.

00:03Yeah, it was a really good performance right from the kick-off.

00:07I thought that for long periods of games, we looked as if we were probably in top.

00:12We had one or two small periods just before half-time,

00:14but I thought in the main first half and probably second half as well,

00:17certainly we played better.

00:20What was your thought process going into the game?

00:22Because you seemed more assertive quite from the start, Everton, really.

00:26Yeah, I did. I was annoyed with our start against Arsenal last week.

00:30I dug the players out a bit about the mistakes

00:33and we sort of made a focus of trying to get better for that first period in the game.

00:36I thought we did. I thought we'd done a lot of good things.

00:41From that point of view, it was a good start for us.

00:46I thought we made it difficult for Forrest to get too much control in the game.

00:50James Garner and Poirier both came in, so they both had good first hours.

00:54They did, yeah. I thought they both done really well.

00:57I thought a lot of the players played really well today.

01:00I thought there were some top performers.

01:03I think, unless I'm seeing it wrong, I thought it was a deserved victory in the end.

01:08It was maybe a late goal, but I thought we'd done enough to warrant it.

01:13Nice and Decorey to get that moment as well at the end.

01:15Yeah, good for Dukes because he does a lot of work for the team,

01:19which sometimes goes unnoticed.

01:20But I actually think that he's beginning to score a few goals.

01:26We're beginning to see him in a different light a little bit

01:29and show us one or two other things.

01:31That game from Dwight O'Neill, when you're in the bottom half,

01:32where you've got to see a player that's had such a difficulty,

01:35Mark's nice to see him, has a big impact like John?

01:38Yeah, I mean, I was right behind a pass,

01:40and actually I think he didn't make it particularly good,

01:42but I think the centre-half got his feet mixed up,

01:45or he would have cleared it, actually.

01:46But nevertheless, I'm sure Dwight's taken an assist for it.

01:52And just how much did you enjoy celebrating with that away at the end?

01:55It was big for us because, you know, we've had,

01:58I think that's our third away win.

02:00You know, and I think that when you look at that at the moment,

02:02you say, hey, that's not too bad.

02:04But Nottingham Forest at the moment are sort of

02:06some of which we should all sort of look to.

02:08You know, if we could have a season like Nottingham Forest

02:10are having this year, next year,

02:13then I'd be hugely thrilled.

02:14And amongst the Champions League teams,

02:16semi-final of the Cup.

02:18So, look, they're doing unbelievably well,

02:21but I thought in the main, we deserved a victory today.

02:24Siobhan?

02:25David, you said the other day,

02:27you were questioning whether the Reifers were going back,

02:30but moments like this was...

02:32Yeah, I loved seeing the supporters here

02:35because we've got a huge fan base

02:38and for long periods they've probably not had much to shout about.

02:41And probably for 90 minutes,

02:43I think they probably were saying,

02:45hey, this is, we've played well today.

02:47But, you know, sometimes just to cap that off,

02:50you know, we might be coming in talking differently

02:51if it was a nil-nil draw.

02:52But I think the goal,

02:55once you see the goal,

02:56I think you probably say,

02:57yeah, it was well-deserved for Everton on the day.

03:00Up to 14th level of points to the United,

03:03looking up now rather than...

03:05Yeah, I hope so.

03:07I know that I can,

03:08it's easily for me to say,

03:08I've not got much more time to say it,

03:10but, you know,

03:11we're still probably not mathematically saved,

03:13but we're just about there.

03:14So I'll need to get rid of that line soon, hopefully.

03:18But you're right,

03:19we should be trying to see if we can win.

03:22But you'll know,

03:23and we've mentioned it quite a bit in the press conference,

03:25probably this run of games,

03:26we've been in the likes of Liverpool,

03:27Arsenal, Nottingham Forest away,

03:29now we've got Man City to come.

03:31This was always looking,

03:33hey, where are we going to take any points from?

03:35So we took a good point last week.

03:36We ran Liverpool pretty close

03:38and we've come here today and got a result.

03:41So we're challenging,

03:42we're challenging some of the best teams

03:44in the league at the moment,

03:45which is a great sign for me.

03:47David, no one would ever question

03:48the integrity of your team,

03:49but do your players thrive

03:51on the sort of shaking it all up

03:52at the race for Europe, you know,

03:54because that's really made a real difference.

03:56Has it?

03:57I don't really know.

03:58I've not been able to look that,

04:00get my head up that way

04:00to look up near the top of the league yet.

04:03You know, I've been looking down there.

04:06So, look, I don't think we,

04:08I think we came here saying that,

04:09you know, look,

04:10we've got to go and put on

04:12a good performance.

04:12Nottingham Forest have done

04:13unbelievably well.

04:15And, you know,

04:17but today we,

04:18look, I'm sure,

04:19unless I'm seeing it wrong,

04:20I think you would be hard to say

04:21that we didn't deserve that,

04:22the result.

04:24Maybe it was just Forest

04:25a little bit down,

04:26big games to come,

04:27thoughts on their mind.

04:29But I don't know,

04:29does that,

04:30I would have thought

04:30they were right in the pack,

04:32are they not?

04:32They're all wrong today.

04:33It's making it tight.

04:34Does it?

04:34As you know,

04:35these games this time of year.

04:36Yeah, no,

04:37it's, well,

04:38it is,

04:38what,

04:39we've got six or seven to go now,

04:40so,

04:40look,

04:42they have done remarkably well.

04:45And if you,

04:45I think if you'd given

04:46Nottingham Forest

04:47Europe,

04:48never mind then,

04:49and I'm fortunate enough

04:50in the last few years

04:51I've had Europa League

04:52and the Conference League,

04:54I think Nottingham Forest

04:55would have said,

04:56we'll snap your hand off

04:58for that.

04:58So,

04:59I think they've been

05:00in the position they're in,

05:01it's incredible what they've done.

05:03We'll all need to wait

05:04and see if they,

05:04if they make it over the line

05:06for Champions League,

05:06but it looks as if

05:07they're certain to get into

05:08one of the European competitions.

05:11David,

05:1220 years ago,

05:13you got Everton

05:14into the Champions League

05:15against a team

05:15with far greater resources.

05:17I think you had a run

05:18near the end

05:19where you won three out of five

05:20and drew the other.

05:21Is the hardest part

05:23to get over the line

05:24in a situation

05:25in a terrible season

05:26and how did you manage it

05:29back then?

05:31Well,

05:31I always remember

05:32and it's something

05:33and I hope I've got this right

05:34and I've not got it wrong.

05:35I always remember thinking

05:36that somewhere in the run-in

05:37you're probably going to have to

05:38win one of the big games.

05:40There'll be games that you should

05:41but you're going to have to win

05:41one of the big games

05:42and I'm sure Duncan Ferguson

05:44scored the goal

05:45and we beat Man United 1-0

05:46at Goodison

05:48and it was,

05:50I hope that's right

05:51what I'm saying,

05:53and that was in a period

05:54and it's always made me think

05:56that you probably

05:57when you're not

05:58maybe the best team

06:01I think you have to find

06:02a way of picking up

06:04sort of wins

06:05which maybe people

06:05are not expecting you to do

06:06and I think we had one win

06:07against Man United

06:08in the run-in

06:09at that period

06:10which helped us get there.

06:13Any further questions?

06:14David, just ask what you thought

06:16Jack Arreston was displaying to me.

06:17I thought Jack was very good today.

06:19Putting crosses,

06:20went on the outside,

06:21was a threat.

06:23So in many ways

06:25it might have been

06:25one of his best performances

06:26and got us,

06:28we've been lacking,

06:30we've been lacking

06:31people who can create

06:33and make some chances for us

06:34but I thought Jack was close

06:35to making a few opportunities

06:36for us today.

06:37Man United 1-0

06:41wasn't it?

06:42That's right.

06:43Yeah, there you go.

06:44On the run-in.

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