Moyes shuts down ref talk

I'VE NO OPINION ON THEM ANY MORE, SAYS FRUSTRATED BLUES BOSS

- By JOE THOMAS at Hill Dickinson Stadium

David Moyes after Jake O'Brien's red card and (inset right) Jordan Pickford shows his anger

DAVID Moyes declared he has "no opinion on referees any more" after Everton's defeat to Bournemouth.

The Blues boss cut a dejected figure after a match his players had thrown away but declined to engage when asked about the big decisions that went against his team.

Instead he argued Everton only had themselves to blame after allowing a second half comeback that thwarted the club's hopes of moving into the top six.

The hosts had taken the lead at the end of the first half when Iliman Ndiaye found the side netting with a coolly taken penalty. The playmaker had already hit the post while Thierno Barry had blazed a good chance wide as Everton finished the opening 45 minutes on top.

Barry had a shot blocked on the line as Everton started the second half brightly but were undone by eight disastrous minutes as an unmarked Rayan headed in an equaliser at the back post before Amine Adli gave the Cherries the lead and Jake O'Brien was sent off for denying Adli a goalscoring opportunity.

In the build up to Bournemouth's second Enes Unal missed the ball but was clearly offside and attempting to play it - a set of circumstances that had led to Everton having a goal disallowed at Aston Villa last month.