“I liked bits of the performance”

Everton picked up a 3-2 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineux Stadium to secure six points from their first three matches of the Premier League 2025/26 season.

David Moyes, matching the great Howard Kendall’s record of 542 games as Everton coach, liked bits and pieces of the team’s performance as the Toffees showed glimpses of great attacking football.

“I liked bits of the performance,” Moyes said after the game.

“I still would have liked it to have been much better. We conceded two goals which I don’t think were like us, the type of goals they were. They were a bit easy and not the things we work on and we’re quite good at.

“So I was disappointed with that, a bit disappointed when we were 3-1 up that we didn’t go and get the fourth goal, which we had three or four opportunities. But the answer to your question is, you know, we’ve come away from home with a really good win.”

Goals from Beto, Iliman Ndiaye, and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall ensured that the Blues returned to Merseyside with all three points. Jack Grealish also picked up two assists and, along with Ndiaye and Dewsbury-Hall, showed moments of flair and positive football.

“If we can entertain and be really good, great. If we can’t, then I just want to win. That’s what I want to do,” Moyes continued.

“Kiernan played very well today. So did many of them, but he’d done a really good job. So, you know, Jack’s beginning to get some assists. He’s looking a good player for us and really pleased to have him at the moment.

“The biggest compliment I can say about Jack is that he’s even better than I thought he was.”

In his pre-match press conference, Moyes was asked about his relationship with striker Beto. Dismissing concerns about a rift between the two following some criticism during the pre-season, the Everton boss, instead, spoke about the Guinea-Bissau international’s excellent attitude and willingness to learn.

After being on the bench in the last two matches against Brighton and Mansfield Town, Beto was given the opportunity to start against Wolves. He repaid the manager’s faith by scoring the opening goal and his holdup play looked better.

Pleased with Beto’s second goal in as many games as well as the healthy competition between him and summer signing Thierno Barry, Moyes said, “I’m going to change Beto and Barry around, I want to try to keep them fresh.”

“I wanted Barry to get some game time which he did do and he did a great job at Brighton, assisting the goals with his link-up play. But I just felt maybe Beto might have been the right one to come here and know a wee bit of their ground and what it might be like.

“But I need the two of them, we’ll be firing, I need the two of them, we’ll be scoring goals and we might chop and change them as we see at different times.

“But Beto’s just got two goals now, got one in midweek, got one today. And that’s what you need to do as a striker. You just need to keep getting the goals and he starts to get the numbers a lot bigger.”

Everton will return to action with a clash against Aston Villa at Hill Dickinson Stadium on September 13 after the international break.

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