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David Moyes expressed sympathy for Arne Slot while stirring rivalry ahead of the Merseyside derby. He criticized Liverpool's claims of bad decisions at Anfield, asserting that the club typically benefits from favorable calls.
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David Moyes extended sympathy and support for Arne Slot â which may not be what any Liverpool manager wishes to hear from an Everton counterpart before a Merseyside derby â yet could not resist the temptation to stir up some local rivalry in the same breath. There was a gleam in the eye and a barely suppressed grin on Moyesâs face as he ridiculed one of the reasons Slot has presented for the championsâ decline this season.
âAbsolutely,â said the Everton manager when asked whether he sympathised with Slotâs predicament, just 12 months after he was on the verge of winning the Premier League title in his debut season. âArne Slot has done a brilliant job and, I have got to say, he is really good coach. That is from a neutral point of view.
âBut Iâm not having him saying they are getting bad decisions at Anfield because if you ask any Premier League manager over football history, they will tell you that if there is one club that gets all the decisions it is Liverpool Football Club. If they are getting a few bad ones at the moment, well, we have had to put up with them for years. There are very few decisions that go against Liverpool at Anfield. Very few. I actually think Liverpool supporters would agree with that if they were being honest as well. But as a coach, I think heâs a top coach.â
Moyes has never won at Anfield as a visiting manager and his dig was a little tongue-in-cheek, much like the tifo that the Everton supporters group the 1878s has prepared for the first Merseyside derby to be held at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Entitled The Originals, it features three of Evertonâs homes in the city â Hill Dickinson, Goodison Park and Anfield â the Liver Bird that adorned the clubâs league championship-winning medal in 1891 and the Beatles in a scarf changed from red to blue. An image of the tifo provoked a predictable slanging match when leaked this week.

David Moyes has proved instrumental to Evertonâs transformation this season. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images
Everton might appear in wind-up mode ahead of the 248th derby but that should not be mistaken for overconfidence in Moyesâs case. âWe could still finish 14th,â the Scot claimed as he surveyed the congested nature of the Premier League table. Indeed, his team could finish the weekend in 12th should results conspire against them. But there is no doubt that Everton bring momentum and expectation into Sundayâs derby given their current form, the in their last home game in particular, and Liverpoolâs turbulent, inconsistent campaign.
David Moyes extended sympathy to Arne Slot but criticized his claims about Liverpool receiving bad decisions at Anfield.
No, David Moyes has never won at Anfield as a visiting manager.
The tifo, titled 'The Originals,' features images of Everton's historical homes and aims to celebrate the club's heritage ahead of the derby.
Moyes's comments have sparked a predictable slanging match among fans, reflecting the intense rivalry between Everton and Liverpool.
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There were 11 teams and 36 points between Liverpool and Everton at the end of last season, when the financial disparity between the two clubs was starkly exposed by their respective record turnovers of ÂŁ703m and ÂŁ196.7m. There are currently two teams and five points between the local rivals. Champions League qualification is in Liverpoolâs hands but the fact Everton still harbour hope of claiming a European place with six games remaining of the first full season of Moyesâs second spell in charge is testament to their managerâs impact.
Moyes has been reluctant to talk up Evertonâs prospects of qualifying for Europe this season but he accepts it could have a transformative effect on a club that was accustomed to fighting relegation and Premier League points deductions before he returned 15 months ago. âIt would hopefully get the club back to somewhere where people have more respect for it,â the Everton manager said. âNot a club thatâs seen as having financial problems but has built a new stadium and is trying to regroup.
âI know the outcome of what it does for the support, not just here but globally, if you get European football. Itâs a big thing because of the coverage of European football. It would be a big thing for us and for our owners and for the new people here to see what Everton Football Club is really like.

David Moyes is preparing for Evertonâs first game against Liverpool at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
âIt is a different club now to what itâs been over the last three or four years, however long itâs been. It has been a competitive club for most of the time I can remember. I want us to get back to that. We have always struggled to spend as much as a Liverpool or some of the other clubs but weâve always tried to make ourselves competitive and Iâd like to do that again. I donât know if we have jumped two steps instead of one at a time [this season], but we need to try to keep pushing along because it wonât be me for ever. I better keep banging the drum and seeing if I can find a way of getting us a bit higher up as quick as I can.â
Moyes was â and still is â stunned by the amount of players who rejected a move to Everton last summer on account of the lack of European football on offer and the clubâs poor financial reputation before The Friedkin Group took over and repaired the balance sheet. âIt was a surprise,â he reflected. âI want to bring players here who the Evertonians can see will make a difference and can bring something new, and I found it really difficult at the start. If you look back on the numbers we took to America last summer for the Premier League tournament, we had very few players with us at all.
âIt was a job that I knew was going to be difficult but became increasingly difficult every time I was on the phone. I must have had conversations with 12 different players and I canât remember how many said no but thankfully Kiernan [Dewsbury-Hall] and Jack [Grealish] said yes. It must have been me putting them off when I spoke to them.â
Everton will be a more attractive proposition when this summerâs transfer window opens. Just how attractive will be determined by the next six games and, despite the mischievous dig over refereeing decisions at Anfield, Moyes considers Liverpool a benchmark for Everton to pursue. âI donât think we can kid ourselves on here, Liverpool have always had a top side,â he said. âTop players, spent plenty, so it has always been a challenge for us here at Everton. It has never been easy but if we can keep closing the gap thatâll be good.â