David Moyes refused to criticise the players who missed all Everton’s penalties in a 3-0 shootout defeat to Sunderland in the club’s first FA Cup tie at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Unconvincing efforts from James Garner, who had scored from the spot in the 89th minute to cancel out Enzo Le Fée’s first-half strike, Thierno Barry and Beto were all saved by Robin Roefs. It was the first time in Everton’s history they had failed to score a single penalty in a shootout, and they became only the second top-flight team to lose an FA Cup shootout without scoring after Blackburn, also against Sunderland, in 2003.
