David Moyes claims a Brentford fan threw a bottle at travelling Toffees supporters.
Toffees chief unhappy at security arrangements after cup exit
Everton manager David Moyes claims a Brentford fan threw a bottle at the travelling Toffees supporters after his team's shock Carling Cup defeat at Griffin Park.
The Merseysiders' woeful start to the season continued at the League One outfit, who secured a place in the fourth round of the competition thanks to a dramatic 4-3 penalty shoot-out triumph.
But Moyes was angered by the post-match incident, which came as the home supporters spilled onto the pitch to celebrate one of the biggest results in their history.
The Scot, who claimed he held himself back from the person he thought was responsible, said: "I thought it was terrible. I saw a fan throw a bottle into our supporters.
Right bloomer
"I said to him 'I saw your face. I saw who you were'. He got a bottle and went right up and threw it right into the middle of our supporters."
The shootout was held in front of the Brentford fans - a decision Moyes questioned the logic of.
"I think the Police decided to take the penalty kicks at the end for security reasons. That proved to be a right bloomer, didn't it?" he fumed.
"If the police want me to follow it up and try to find the individual that threw the bottle into the crowd then that would be fine by me, it wouldn't be a problem.
"I didn't grab him. I wanted to but obviously that would have brought more attention to the situation."
Counterpart Andy Scott hailed his players as they dumped out their higher-ranked opponents to reach the fourth round for only the second time in their history.
Scott's team recovered from an early set back to enjoy periods of dominance in the clash and the Londoners could count themselves unlucky not to have won the clash in normal time as Charlie MacDonald saw a penalty saved by Jan Mucha.
Seamus Coleman put Everton in front on six minutes, only for Gary Alexander's header to send the tie into added-time.
Played terrifically well
It was the second scalp of the season in this competition from the League One side, who also disposed of Hull City in the previous round on home soil.
And the manager felt his players were rewarded with a richly-deserved win after a combination of keeper Richard Lee and clinical spot-kicks from Weston, Nicky Forster, Michael Spillane and MacDonald saw off their higher-ranked opponents.
Scott told
Sky Sports News: "No-one gave us a hope of winning the game but we had a game plan. We worked hard, made sure our shape was good.
"We didn't want to defend - put loads of numbers behind the ball - we wanted to play our way. We played 4-4-2, the way we know how and we were brave with that.
"We had to be organised behind the ball. We made them put balls in from areas they were used to and so it worked. We had a bit of luck. Our goalkeeper has played terrifically well but their keeper has had to play well as well - he's had to make good saves."
