David Moyes underlines Everton priority ahead of Liverpool clash — 'More important'

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But Moyes said ahead of Sunday’s derby that while he hopes to secure a continental finish, overtaking Brentford is his priority at this stage.READ MORE: Everton chairman 'kicked' Liverpool icons out of stadium after late dramaREAD MORE: Every word from Arne Slot on Hugo Ekitike injury, Alexander Isak and transfer plans“All we can do is try and catch whoever is above us,” said the Scotsman, ahead of his 26th Merseyside derby.“I think Brentford are the ones above us at the moment. They’re first, and we need to get whoever we can.“Probably more important is to make sure we don’t let anybody catch us,” he continued.

We’ve got to try and fend off all the other clubs.Moyes could guide Everton back to Europe this season(Image: 2025 Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA)“With six games to go, we have something to play for,” Moyes added, contrasting this season’s European hopes to the relegation scarps of previous years.“Over the recent few years, it has been the wrong things to play for. But this year, we’re getting a bit closer to the stuff you would hope to we would be involved in."I’m hoping we can keep that dream alive, and let’s see what happens.”Asked if now is a good time to play Liverpool, Moyes replied: “I don’t watch Liverpool’s results and don’t have an awful lot to do with it.“I look after Everton and my job is to try and see that we do as well as we can.

We have six games to go and we’re in within a shout.”Moyes also confirmed that Carlos Alcaraz stepped up his recovery from injury this week, meaning Jack Grealish is the only Everton player ruled out of Sunday’s game.“Everyone is okay. We’re as close as we can to full [roster] as we can.”Choose Liverpool.com as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCEverton FC