Moyes defends Rooney decision

Everton 0 Manchester City 0

Last weekend Moyes took Rooney off at Bolton early in the second-half, and the striker showed his displeasure as Everton crashed to defeat. This time Moyes did not even send Rooney out for the second-half, replacing the 18-year-old with James McFadden at the break.

Moyes started Rooney as a deep striker behind the front pairing of Francis Jeffers and Tomasz Radzinski, and although it worked early on, soon City were by-passing the youngster and causing considerable problems.