David Moyes was a proud man after he celebrated his 700th Premier League sport as a supervisor by overseeing Everton’s 1-0 win at Brighton on Saturday, a landmark he described as “fairly an achievement”.
Iliman Ndiaye’s controversial first-half penalty, which moved the Everton seven factors away from the relegation zone, helped Moyes mark his milestone match in fashion.
Moyes is simply the third manger to achieve the landmark in Premier League historical past behind former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger (828 video games) and Manchester United nice Alex Ferguson (810).
This was Moyes’ second straight win in his second spell as Everton supervisor following final week’s 3-2 defeat of Tottenham.
The 61-year-old has additionally managed Manchester United, Sunderland and West Ham in English soccer’s high flight after initially becoming a member of Everton from Preston in 2002.
“I hope I am not in any manner boastful, however 700 video games is sort of an achievement within the Premier League,” mentioned Moyes.
“We’re in all probability speaking about managing in the very best league on the planet which entertains many of the finest managers on the planet at someday of their profession.
“And I’ve obtained 700, behind in all probability the 2 finest — possibly you possibly can put Jose Mourinho in it and Pep (Guardiola) definitely when you’re speaking about the very best — however to be just under Arsene and Alex is sort of pleasing.”
The match turned on a VAR intervention that noticed Brighton defender Joel Veltman punished for handball.
Brighton gamers and followers felt Veltman was fouled as he brushed the ball behind together with his proper arm whereas going to floor below strain from Everton substitute Beto.
Moyes, who’s the Premier League’s oldest supervisor, and Brighton counterpart Fabian Hurzeler, the youngest within the division at 31, unsurprisingly disagreed on the choice.
“I truly assume it is a particular penalty — he makes use of his hand,” mentioned Moyes.
“I can perceive that possibly they assume there was strain from Beto, however Beto’s job is to get strain; the defender’s job is to discover a manner of clearing the ball or releasing it.”
However Hurzeler, whose facet are nonetheless ninth within the desk regardless of this loss, mentioned: “The VAR cannot get into this example.
“If the referee decides like this then it’s best to play on after which the VAR isn’t vital for this. It isn’t a transparent handball.”
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