Everton boss David Moyes admits his side are firmly focused on FA Cup success this season after they booked their place in the last eight.
Everton boss wants silverware
Everton boss David Moyes admits his side are firmly focused on FA Cup success this season after they booked their place in the last eight.
The Toffees eased into the quarter-finals on Saturday after a comfortable 2-0 win over Championship side Blackpool.
And Moyes is not hiding his ambition to claim that first piece of silverware since taking charge of the club almost a decade ago.
"You just have to see what comes along but we are desperately trying to get to the final and win the final, that is the job," said Moyes.
"Everybody else is saying the same thing but for us we are trying to do everything we can to get there but that has been the same since our first day here."
Moyes saw his side take the lead after just 49 seconds at Goodison Park and he was impressed with how they played.
"It was great to get a good start and settle things down," he said.
"They had opportunities, but we had six or seven great chances to put the game to bed and we didn't get the third goal and whilst it was 2-0 Blackpool kept pressing."
Royston Drenthe was the Man of the Match after an outstanding display which also saw him grab the opening goal and Moyes was pleased with the Dutchman, currently on a season-long loan from Real Madrid.
"I thought he played well today, one of his better games, and bits of his play was very good and he finished a good move with a great finish and he was involved in some good play," he said.
"I think he is learning and adapting, there is another side to the game over here and you have to do the work on the defensive side and he is getting better and understanding it better, but in truth we want him to get on the ball as often as we can, that is why we brought him here but we have found the use of him is a bit easier at home.
"He is the sort of player if you turn up you think 'good, a dribbler', he tries to beat people."
Injuries
Moyes admits that, because of his growing injury list, he expected a very hard game.
American loan ace Landon Donovan missed the chance to make his farewell appearance because of injury, whilst Leighton Baines played despite being ill prior to kick-off.
"I actually thought this was going to be so tough, I don't know if I have had it as bad [with injuries], I am sure we have, but it felt like that," he continued.
"We didn't have Landon Donovan, Leighton Baines was sick on the pitch before the game and was as ill as anyone and I was going to take him off the team sheet so for him to play says a lot about him, he has changed a lot - he is tough, resilient and turning out to be a really good player which he is."
He revealed Tim Cahill is struggling with a couple of issues adding to a lengthy list of players absent from his side.
"Cahill is carrying two or three injuries at the moment, even Shane Duffy could have helped us out in defence, and then not having Jelavic, Osman, Jagielka, Rodwell and Anichebe.
"It was a big ask for us today. Five or six could easily start for us so it was a big job or us today, Blackpool are a good side and that is why it was a tricky tie for us."
