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Everton: Mixed emotions for Moyes after Leeds draw

Everton remain winless against newly promoted sides in the Premier League this season

Everton manager David Moyes praised striker Thierno Barry after he earned a deserved point against Leeds with a fourth goal in five Premier League games.

Everton were poor in the first half on Monday night and trailed a goal by James Justin.

But Moyes changed formation at the break and his side dominated the second half, and took a point when Barry slammed in at the near post.

"His [Thierno Barry's] play has got better" 📈

David Moyes shares his thoughts after Everton's draw with Leeds 💭 pic.twitter.com/a9Rvbea2Ox

Moyes said: “If you’re a centre forward, you need to score goals and he [Barry] hadn’t at the start. He’s getting better.

“He’s training well and getting used to scoring goals. We need to create more chances and we’re still trying to get our attacking players back.

“I’m really pleased with the reaction. I’ve got a really strong group who demand from each other.

“We’ve moved to a new stadium and it’s never easy when you move. It takes a bit of time. We started here really well, so we hope we can get back again and keep up the good away form.”

Leeds were outstanding in the first half and came close to doubling their advantage when former Everton man Dominic Calvert-Lewin hit the post.

"He works his socks off" 💪@Carra23 and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink discuss Thierno Barry 💬 pic.twitter.com/o6N3iZ7D2h

But a point on the road saw Leeds move six points clear of safety to the delight of boss Daniel Farke.

He said: “Overall it’s a good result for us. It’s a tough place to go, especially without a few key players, and to come away with a point is a good result for us.

“We were a bit unlucky that out of our dominance and chances created in the first half that we did not score the second goal. The second half it was clear that at some point Everton would show up and have some chances.

“We didn’t allow too many chances, the gut feeling was that even in this moment we were the better side. There was not much missing at all to win this game.”

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• Daniel Farke
• David Moyes
• Everton F.C.
• Leeds United F.C.

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Tom has been writing about football - and other sports - for almost 20 years. He has covered four summer Olympics and many, many, many football matches from the World Cup final to the bottom of the EFL.

Tom has been writing about football - and other sports - for almost 20 years. He has covered four summer Olympics and many, many, many football matches from the World Cup final to the bottom of the EFL.

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