Everton defeated Ipswich 1-0 at home in the fifth round of the Premier League, extending their unbeaten run to seven matches across all competitions this season. After the match, Everton manager David Moyes was interviewed by the club's official channel and discussed the team's performance.

David, if the midweek game required us to have enough patience, then today's game was more about experience and the ability to manage the match and secure these three points.

Yes, we played two home games in one week, and both were 1-0 victories. If we look at the positives, we kept clean sheets in both matches and won them both, which are certainly positive aspects.

However, I think both games were similar—especially today—we had other chances to score but didn't convert them. Sometimes games can indeed be a bit tense.

But I tried to emphasise this in the pre-match press conference: Ipswich actually had a very good start to the season. They've had a few losses but also won some games. So if anyone thought we would come here and easily beat them, that's certainly not the case. They've been playing well, and today they showed good football in some phases. We also had such phases, but not enough for my liking.

Regarding the clean sheet, it's obviously very important, and solid defence has always been a crucial part of your time managing Everton. Mykolenko has been very consistent so far, Maitland-Niles has made a great start, Tarkowski also performed well today, and of course Branthwaite and Pickford. This really provides a very solid foundation for the team, doesn't it?

Yes, I think not conceding goals is definitely a very important part of it. Ultimately, we sometimes lack quality in the final third—especially in the final touch—failing to finish efficiently enough and score more goals. We've been working very hard, hoping to create more opportunities.

Someone told me today that we had 21 shots. Of course, I have to say, not many were on target. But from our data and what we've been trying to do, it's clear that we've created more scoring chances.

We also had some chances today. Tarkowski had a header in the first half that didn't go in, and Dewsbury-Hall also had a very good heading opportunity at the far post. Doucoure had several shots after coming on, and Brennan Johnson missed a few chances that we might have hoped he would convert. So there were many things done very well, but there were also some things today that I didn't like.

Tarkowski scored his fifth goal of the season, which is certainly great. I think it's fair to say that most Everton fans, perhaps all Everton fans, would believe he should have scored his sixth goal of the season. Regarding that header disallowed for offside, do you think any goalkeeper in the world, or even in football history, could have saved that ball?

No, I don't think any goalkeeper could have saved that. I believe their explanation was that Brennan Johnson interfered with the goalkeeper, but I don't think he interfered with the goalkeeper. Of course, he was in an offside position at the time.

But how many goals like that did we see last season? Goals where a player was also in an offside position. I think there were many such instances last season. What we always want to see at Everton is consistency in officiating. If this is the rule and it will be enforced this way going forward, then I hope other teams facing similar situations will receive the same call. Because many decisions went against us last season, and we suffered quite a bit in that regard. Fortunately, this decision ultimately didn't affect the outcome of today's match. However, if we had scored a second goal, the game would certainly have been much easier.

One last question. There will be a relatively long break ahead, and you've had an unbeaten run of seven games since the start of the new season, which really lays a good foundation for the team. An unbeaten run of seven games is not an easy feat, is it?

No, it's not. Of course, but I hope to see much more than that. I hope we can play better, and I hope the team can convert more of the chances they've created into goals.

We must praise the defenders, but in fact the entire team deserves praise, because we ask them to track back, and that's what we demand from all players. For example, Doucoure's tackle after tracking back in the midweek game illustrates this very well. And today he performed very well after coming on as a substitute, especially with how he dribbled past opponents, and he almost helped us score two more goals.

But the problem now is that we keep saying "almost scored," but we actually haven't scored. We need to put the ball in the net. I hope the team can score more goals, and we must find a way to do that.

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