Moyes: Uruguayan lucky not to have been sent off

The bad blood between David Moyes and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez deepened with the Everton manager claiming the Uruguayan should not have been on the pitch before his legitimate injury-time ‘goal’ was wrongly ruled out for offside in the 2-2 draw at Goodison Park.

In the build-up to the match, Moyes said the diving of players such as Suarez was driving supporters away from the game. The Scot got a close-up view after 13 minutes when Suarez celebrated his hand in Liverpool opening the scoring by jumping four feet in the air before landing at Moyes’s feet in celebration.

Moyes admitted there was nothing wrong with Suarez’s late winner but insisted the former Ajax striker should have been given a straight red card for a challenge on Sylvain Distin in the 71st minute.

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