Injuries mounting for Moyes

EVERTON manager David Moyes saw his young side come up short in the Europa League – and his already lengthy injury problems increase.

Promising midfielder Jack Rodwell was forced off after just eight minutes when he appeared to catch his studs in the turf. It was an early blow for an Everton side, who had already qualified for the last 32.

However they stayed on level terms until the 75th minute when a goal from Aleksandr Yurevich won the game for an experienced BATE Borisov side.

It was a night when Tony Hibbert and Jake Bidwell achieved European club records for Everton.

Hibbert set a top mark of 20 appearances while Bidwell at 16 years and 271 days became their youngest player at this level.

Bidwell was one of five players making full debuts with reserve goalkeeper Carlo Nash, Shane Duffy, Kieran Agard and Adam Forshaw also included.

Everton’s first shot of note came in the 20th minute when Leon Osman, back after a foot injury, tested goalkeeper Sergei Veremko from distance.

BATE were beginning to knock the ball around and Nash did well to block a shot from Aleksandr Volodko in the 29th minute.

BATE almost went ahead in the 62nd minute after Nash suffered a rush of blood to the head.

He came racing out of his area to try and close down Pavel Nekhaychik but was left stranded. Luckily for Nash, Duffy was on hand to clear.

Everton were left reeling in the 75th minute when BATE made the breakthrough. There seemed little on when Yurevich picked the ball up 25 yards out but Nash seemed unsighted as it trundled past him and into the net.

EVERTON: Nash, Coleman, Hibbert (Mustafi 76), Duffy, Bidwell, Osman (Craig 81), Forshaw, Rodwell (Akpan 8), Baxter, Agard, Yakubu.

BATE: Veremko, Yurevich, Bordachov, Sosnovskiy, Shitov, Alexander Volodko, Likhtarovich (Pavlov 56), Nekhaychik (Bulyga 82), Krivets, Skavysh (Goaryan 74), Rodionov.

Referee: Selcuk Dereli (Turkey).