Moyes: we’re paying penalty for AJ dive row

AFTER a week when his honesty inside the penalty area has been questioned in several quarters, Everton striker Andy Johnson has emerged a confused and angry man.

The England striker, claim Everton sources, made a conscious effort to change his style of play in the last two games to counteract the constant suggestions that he is a diver.

This followed discussions with boss David Moyes about the growing uproar — fuelled by Premiership managers like Neil Warnock and Arsene Wenger — that he goes down too easily in the penalty area.

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