Moyes Relieved After Everton's Narrow Win Against Ipswich
Everton edged past 10-man Ipswich 1-0, and David Moyes walked away with three points and one lingering frustration: he still doesn’t know where the line is on key decisions.
“It’s hard to assess,” the Everton manager told BBC Sport, summing up a performance that veered between control and anxiety. His side carved out “good chances” but failed to finish Ipswich off, leaving the game far tighter than it needed to be.
Ipswich, he stressed, “have done well and it was never going to be easy.” The win brought relief, but not the comfort that usually comes with facing a team reduced to 10.
“It’s always a relief when you win,” Moyes said, “but also when you’re playing against 10 men it puts you under a bit more pressure. If we get the second goal it changes the game but Ipswich clung on and it allowed them to put us under pressure late in the game.”
The turning point in the conversation came with Everton’s disallowed goal, a flashpoint that left Moyes pushing for one thing: consistency.
“It’s tough for the referees to get the calls right, we would love consistency,” he said. Brennan Johnson was flagged offside and adjudged to have interfered with the goalkeeper, a call that wiped out what Everton thought was a crucial cushion.
“I don’t know if he impeded the goalkeeper. Was he offside? Absolutely. Could the goalkeeper have saved the header? No he couldn’t.”
On the decisive strike from Thierno Barry, Moyes wasn’t ready to dress it up.
“I’ve not seen it again so I can’t tell you [if he meant it],” he admitted. “Strikers will take goals any way they come. It will be good for him, he wants to play well and score goals.”
The win capped what Moyes described as “a pretty good week” for a squad he repeatedly framed as tight and united.
“We have a tight-knit group, we wanted it to be that way and we will use it to our advantage,” he said. The demands are clear: compete in the cups, stay strong in the league. “It is difficult when everyone wants you to have a cup run and do well in the league. We’ve had a pretty good week so well done to all the players.”
Everton leave with the points. Moyes leaves still wanting something else: decisions he can trust, week after week.
Jaissle hails ‘incredible reaction’ as Newcastle dig deep against Hull
At St James’ Park, Newcastle needed character as much as quality. Matthias Jaissle got both.
His side beat Hull 2-1, a response he had demanded after the setback at Leeds. The opening 45 minutes set the tone.
“We showed an incredible reaction after the defeat at Leeds,” the Newcastle manager told BBC Match of the Day. “The first half was excellent, we could have killed the game with a third goal for sure. We were totally dominant.”
Newcastle’s tempo and aggression pinned Hull back early, and Jaissle knew a ruthless third would have settled it. They never found it, and the match turned into a test of endurance.
In the second half, the energy dipped. Legs “were getting tired towards the end,” Jaissle admitted, and the context matters: “we were also missing nine players today.”
That’s where his pride kicked in.
“I am really proud and I want to show them respect for what they did at the end of the game when it was tough,” he said. “To defend their own box, everyone was committed and really fighting for the three points. This is something we can count on.”
The fast start, he insisted, was no accident. It was a statement after Leeds and a message to their own supporters.
“As I said, we wanted to show the right reaction after Leeds and this is something we are very proud of – and we could deliver when it is needed. We wanted to also show a clear reaction in front of ours. Overall, when you see the 90 minutes, it was a deserved win.”
Jaissle’s early weeks on Tyneside have come against the backdrop of what he called a “huge transition” at the club. He hasn’t shied away from that reality.
“Overall, really satisfied,” he said of his start as Newcastle manager. “You see a couple of challenges already from the outside, and you also know there is a huge transition at the moment in the club. And in these circumstances, we are really proud of what we have seen so far from the lads, fully committed to the journey.”
Now comes the next phase: recovery, reflection, and reinforcements.
“Now it is time to reflect and also hopefully get some players back from injury,” Jaissle added.
Newcastle have their reaction. The question now is how far this patched-up, committed group can push once the squad is whole again.
