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Moyes happy with Everton pair O'Brien, Lindstrom for victory over Spurs

Ansser Sadiq
Moyes happy with Everton pair O'Brien, Lindstrom for victory over Spurs
Moyes happy with Everton pair O'Brien, Lindstrom for victory over SpursAction Plus
Everton boss David Moyes explained his selection for their 3-2 win over Tottenham.

The Scotsman made a few changes as they sought their first win since he took charge, replacing Sean Dyche as head coach.

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Post-game, Moyes explained his thoughts: “We wanted to have a look at Jake (O'Brien). We've not really had a chance to see him. 

“The big thing, the strongest point of the team has always been defensively, but I thought Jake would maybe give us a chance to build a little bit better when we've got the ball, which might free us up a little bit if we can work it. I think for long periods it did quite well. 

“For Jake it was about getting as much of a 90 minutes as we could out of him because he's not played so much but I thought he came through quite well and did a lot of things.”

He added on Jesper Lindstrom: “I thought he was the one who made a couple of runs and got on the ball. I remember him really well (when I played against him while manager of West Ham) against Eintracht Frankfurt and he was a really talented footballer. 

“I thought today he was quite impressive in what he did. We didn't want him to be an out and out wing-back, we wanted Jake sometimes to be right-back and on the build, a bit wider, so we tried to get Jesper in two or three different roles - but I thought defensively for us he did a pretty good job as well. I think he showed a little bit of grit about his game.”