by David Moyes concedes that his Everton side still envisages the relegation zone with “a huge caution” despite a significant 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
The new signature of Charly Alcaraz seized a winner of the 80th minute at his first start of Toffees after Jean-Philippe Mateta canceled the end of the first half of Beto two minutes after restarting.
The result attracted the level of visitors to the 13th place of Moyes on 30 points with their opponents and 13 points away from Ipswich in 18th.
“Of course, there is still a huge caution,” said Moyes. “But I want to start to believe that we can be better now.
“I want more improvement, I also want to see more improvement in players.
“I want us to play better when we can, but I don’t want them to lose the good habits they have.
“They have been hard, resilient, engaged in all the things that are, when you are not so good, you must make sure to do these bits well.”
Palace approached an opening match twice, first via Jefferson Lerma, who had the ball at the back of the net with a head.
He was shifted after a Var check could not find in a conclusive way to reverse the call on the ground, that the corner of Justin Devenny had derived before the game before the Hochède.
Ismaila Sarr then hammered an effort on the underside of the transverse bar, but it was Beto who broke the dead end in the 42nd minute.
Palace was made to pay a big mistake when bad communication led to the awareness of Tyrick Mitchell’s Lerma, allowing Alcaraz to dive and install his teammate for the opening.
Mateta drew the level of the sides – his goal standing after a long Var control – but Palace failed to erase a late cross and Alcaraz finally took advantage of it.
Moyes, who admitted that he was “bored” by Everton’s efforts in the first half, added: “I didn’t think the performance was great, but it was great to see an improving team get a Another victory, because it is really important to us. ”
Palace was in the grip of a bad form at home and remains looking for a third Premier League victory at the Selhurst Park.
The boss Oliver Glasner said: “It was a good reaction after half-time and we had the momentum, but we could not take it back.
“We played a similar match against Brentford where we made the first mistake that led to a penalty.
“Today, we have made the first big mistake that led to 1-0, and now it is important for us to learn from this kind of games.
“This is my work with my staff to give players better solutions in games like today because I think it is a game that we should not lose.
“But we have lost a second time, which makes things even more frustrating, and now it’s up to us to learn from lessons and improve their performance.”
