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Moyes facing wrath of FA after seething at derby referee

The postal strike lingered long in Liverpool yet a get-out-of-jail Best Prada Outlet In Florence card still reached Rafael Benítez at Goodison Park. Once the backlog has cleared, an invitation to appear before the Football Association could find its way to David Moyes. It is a challenge the Everton Authentic Prada Bags For Sale Philippines manager would defiantly accept.

The Scot’s intention to refrain from referee assassination wilted as Mark Clattenburg’s inept handling of the 206th Merseyside derby created incident in a football desert. Defeat at the feet of a player who should not have been on the pitch to convert the final blow and two suspensions are a heavy price for the official’s performance. It is, though, an accurate summary of Everton grievance on an afternoon when Clattenburg courted accusations of enjoying an uncomfortable pal’s act with Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher.

«They [Liverpool players] were always in there with him and maybe he wants to be friendly with them,» said Moyes, whose mood will not be helped by the two pages in Gerrard’s autobiography in which he eulogises Clattenburg and Graham Poll as «the best refs around . . . top drawer . . . never influenced by the occasion».

Moyes’ ire began to be fuelled when Tony Hibbert invited a red card for pulling down Gerrard inside the penalty area for the derby’s pivotal moment, a card that had initially appeared to be yellow. Of more genuine grievance was the subsequent failure to dismiss Dirk Kuyt for a two-footed lunge on Phil Neville and the unfathomable decision not to award the third clear spot-kick of the afternoon when Authentic Prada Leather Handbags Carragher dragged Joleon Lescott to the floor in the final act.

«That is as tough as I have ever had it from a referee, especially in a big game. Just incredible,» added Moyes, who denied further evidence of officialdom’s leniency towards the top four Best Prada Outlet In Milan but could not help departing with the cynical: «Didn’t he go to Asia with Liverpool for the Asian Cup this summer?»

Benítez played similar games with the referee’s contribution, delivering his now obligatory barb at his local rivals to insist Lescott had somehow dived with a 12st Scouser pulling at his shoulders, but both managers had cause to thank Clattenburg for shifting the spotlight from themselves and their team’s performance.

When Kuyt beat Tim Howard for the second time from the spot in the 93rd minute, Neville having handled the derby debutant Lucas Leiva’s shot on the line to become the 16th player sent off in this Premier League fixture, the Liverpool manager was granted a cathartic release from the interrogation that would otherwise have followed into his tactics and designs on the title.

Three points from this maelstrom and an unbeaten record while out of form may encourage talk of the luck of champions but that is an exercise in straw-clutching. Only their response against Besiktas replica prada clutches and evening, Arsenal and beyond Black Leather Prada Milano Purse will lend credibility to Bicester Village London Prada the argument that a turning point arrived at Goodison.

The Liverpool manager made a mockery of his «small club» description of Everton and the insistence that derbies are just another game by running across the pitch at the final whistle in a manner not seen since winning the European Cup in Istanbul. He had escaped here, not thanks to introducing the £6m Brazilian who had such a decisive input, but despite withdrawing Authentic Prada Clothing Gerrard and persisting with the Biggest Prada Store In London sloppy Mohamed Sissoko and the strangely subdued Javier Mascherano in another performance that cast doubt on Liverpool’s bold ambitions for the season.

«The idea was clear,» said Benítez, whose side trailed to a bizarre Sami Hyypia own-goal at the interval. «We had a player with passion when we needed to pass and control the ball. Stevie was disappointed with the decision and he wanted to play on. I tried to talk to him but it would be cleverer to analyse the reasons for the decision with him later.»

The quality of the attacking threat from both teams can be detected in the ways in which the goals were scored: own-goal, penalty, penalty. Everton began with limited ambition against a Liverpool team low on self-belief and for whom the manic Carragher frequently courted a booking for dissent. An arm around the referee spared him one before he eventually collected yellow for a tussle with the substitute James McFadden.

Moyes, having surveyed Everton’s new £10m training complex at Finch Farm on Friday and proclaimed his squad closer to their wealthier rivals than at any point in his reign, went for brawn over style when it came to revealing his hand.

With Phil Jagielka and Neville continuing their wooden double-act in central midfield, the initiative was offered to Liverpool but, after an encouraging start, they struggled to capitalise. Everton were comfortable until Hibbert hesitated as the visitors cleared a corner at the start of the second half and finally stopped Gerrard’s advance with disastrous consequences for his side.

Not for the first time Benítez’s team were found frequently wanting in front of goal. John Arne Riise, Andriy Voronin and Sissoko all missed terribly against the 10 men and only with a free shot from 12 yards was Kuyt able to Bicester Village Prada Refund compliment his relentless work ethic with a finish to match. Afterwards Alan Stubbs delivered the finest assessment of Clattenburg’s Authentic Prada Handbags Canada display, kicking a sports drink 20 yards into the Goodison executive boxes – another derby destined for the annals.

Man of the match Joleon Lescott.

One of the few on either side to perform to the expected level. The new England international restored his reputation as a converted left-back.

Best moment The rampaging run that produced the Everton corner that then produced the Liverpool equaliser. It summed up his day.

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