Over 99% of people would disagree with him, although Roy Hodgson thought his team played rather well on Sunday, despite losing 2-0 at Goodison Park to drop to 19th in the Premier League.

The former Fulham manager is under real pressure at Anfield, especially with NESV having recently bought the Merseyside club with aspirations to make them great once again. Liverpool have taken just six points from their opening eight Premier League matches, although Hodgson insists that the football played during the second half of Sunday’s match was top drawer.

Hodgson said: “We suffered at the hands of an early onslaught which you invariably do at Goodison but towards the end of the first half we started to even things out. From what I saw I thought we dominated the second half totally. I thought the shape of the team was good today, the quality of our passing and movement was good.

“We didn’t score goals and Everton did but I refuse to accept that we were in any way outplayed or any way inferior. I watched the performance and the second half was as good as I saw a Liverpool team play under my management that is for sure.”

Puzzling comments considering that the Toffees were deserved winners and Moyes admitted after the match that he felt his side could ease off defensively at 2-0 due to the lack of goalscoring threat that Liverpool currently possess.