Everton manager David Moyes, speaking to Sky Sports: “We let ourselves down because we defended the second goal so poorly. Look, at half-time we would have taken the result because we were hugely outplayed in the first half.”
On what he changed at half-time: “I wanted us to get a little bit closer to City. We couldn’t get near them and, to be fair, they played really well as well. I have to give them huge credit for that. It was probably the poorest we have played here, certainly against the better teams this season. The players made a great effort to get us in the game and, really, when we got to 3-1, we should be doing enough to see it out.”
On Barry's performance from the bench: “He’s had quite a difficult time recently. He came off the bench and got himself a couple of goals, which is a great thing for any striker and will give him great confidence. I’m really pleased for him.”
On Everton's Europe hopes: “I’m not sure. I think it’s going to be tough. In the last couple of games, we’ve lost games late on, and today we’ve drawn. It could and probably will have an impact on our final position.”
Did you know?
- There were just 284 seconds between Thierno Barry's equaliser (67:55) and Jake O'Brien's header putting Everton 2-1 up (72:39).
- Everton have had five goals scored by substitutes in the Premier League this season, with all five of those being netted by either Thierno Barry (3) or Beto (2). Indeed, Barry became just the third substitute to score a Premier League brace against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side after Anthony Martial (October 2022) and Samuel Chukwueze (December 2025).
