David Moyes has insisted his ultimate aim at Everton is to do what he achieved in his first spell in charge – closing the gap between the club and Liverpool.
The Toffees host their local rivals at Goodison Park in their final Merseyside derby on Saturday before they move to Bramley Moor Dock this summer.
Moyes is determined to close the gap between the two clubs, just as he did during his first spell at Everton.
Everton finished above Liverpool in two successive seasons before the Scot moved to Manchester United and Moyes’s aim now is to close the gap once more. “At West Ham we had to survive and in the first year I was asked ‘how did
I do it?’ Then the next year we were playing in Europe. สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน “I don’t know if it’s a dream but the idea is to try and put that as my target. How do I do it? If we’re lucky to stay in the Premier League and stay in the top flight then we have to
try and aim to play in Europe if we can. If we don’t, that’s fine too, but we’ll try. “
Tonight is a big job. Don’t kid yourself, but it’s one game, especially this one, there’s a gap between the quality teams at the moment and we saw that clearly in the league position as well. That’s where you have to find a way to close the gap tonight and bring the level of the two teams closer. “
I don’t think the Everton fans want me to joke or lie to them, they’ve been through the worst period of my life at the club. We’ve fought hard for 11 years to get into a situation where we’re getting better results against Liverpool. “
Year in year out we’ve been more consistent. It took us a long time to build that situation. Now the gap is back again. It was there when I first came in but I think it’s back to that level again, if not higher.”