David Moyes thought Everton was hard done by in its 1-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield— despite Blues center-back James Tarkowski somehow getting away with a horrendous tackle early in the game.

"We were a lot closer to them in the two games since I came back into the club than most people would have expected," Moyes said live on Sky Sports post-match.

The player behind Tarkowski [Luis Diaz] is clearly offside and it's a very easy decision to give.



I can't understand any reason why that wouldn't have been given."

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On the Tarkowski tackle on Alexis Mac Allister, Moyes refused to accept that his side had been fortunate.

"My first thought was that it was a brilliant tackle for a derby game — a tackle we would have seen a few years ago," he said.

The goal was a different incident and that won Liverpool the game in the end."

Moyes did accept that Everton is a long way behind Liverpool at the moment.

At the moment, they are the best team in the league and we were unfortunate not to get something out of it."

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