Everton suffered a 2-0 pre-season defeat this morning by American side Real Salt Lake.
Salt Lake took the lead in the 28th minute through captain Carey Talley and within a minute Everton conceded a disappointing second as the American Side doubled their advantage when Robbie Findley put the ball past Tim Howard to make it 2-0.
As expected, manager David Moyes wasn't best pleased with the outcome, claiming it was a 'wake up call'.
Speaking to evertonTV, Moyes: "The boys had a hard session as far as running about tonight. But it wasn't a good performance. A lot of people tonight would tell you the conditions were very warm but we won't use that as an excuse. It is part of the training and defeats will come along but we are disappointed in the nature of tonight's game because we have been doing okay, we have been full of confidence and were brimming after last season"
"But maybe we needed that, maybe it is a wake-up call to make us realise we are all about hard work and commitment and there wasn't enough of that tonight."
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Salt Lake took the lead in the 28th minute through captain Carey Talley and within a minute Everton conceded a disappointing second as the American Side doubled their advantage when Robbie Findley put the ball past Tim Howard to make it 2-0.
As expected, manager David Moyes wasn't best pleased with the outcome, claiming it was a 'wake up call'.
Speaking to evertonTV, Moyes: "The boys had a hard session as far as running about tonight. But it wasn't a good performance. A lot of people tonight would tell you the conditions were very warm but we won't use that as an excuse. It is part of the training and defeats will come along but we are disappointed in the nature of tonight's game because we have been doing okay, we have been full of confidence and were brimming after last season"
"But maybe we needed that, maybe it is a wake-up call to make us realise we are all about hard work and commitment and there wasn't enough of that tonight."
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