Jagielka: Derby defeat adds pressure

Lyndon Lloyd , 14 March, 10comments | Jump to most recent

Phil Jagielka admits that last night's derby debacle will add more pressure to Everton as they prepare for the vital FA Cup quarter final on Saturday but is confident David Moyes will pick the right team to get the job done against Sunderland.

The England defender was drafted back into the starting line-up for the clash at Anfield, one of a surprising six changes to the team that started against Tottenham at the weekend, but struggled to find his feet and couldn't prevent Steven Gerrard from claiming a sickening hat-trick for Kenny Dalglish's hitherto under-fire side.

?The boys have been doing really well," Jagielka said, "and I am sure the gaffer will put those lads [back] in for the weekend and we will be able to continue the good cup run we have had."

"But after the result it puts a bit more pressure on the Cup, because 3-0 isn't good enough.

"Hopefully, the gaffer picks a good enough team to win on Saturday and that will cheer the fans up."

"I didn't think we did that badly, we just killed ourselves with the way we conceded goals," he added.

"We conceded goals at the wrong times.

"We weathered the storm at the start of the first half but got done on the counter-attack. It's always about the timing of the goals and if it is 1-0 for a while you are still in it.

Quotes or other material sourced from MirrorFootball

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