Norwich 2-4 Everton: Sunday Mirror match report
Published 20:51 31/07/10 By Anthony Clavane
David Moyes last night ruled out a bid for Landon Donovan, despite the United States skipper declaring his desire to rejoin Everton.
The £10 million-rated star is desperate to return to Goodison Park. In a three-month loan spell from LA Galaxy earlier this year he scored twice in 13 games and was a big hit.
But Moyes closed the door on a return after watching the Toffees beat Norwich 4-2 at Carrow Road.
The Everton boss said: “We would love to sign him but we don’t have the finances to do that. The price he would go for would be very big. That would be a problem given his age [28] and what we might pay for him.
“It looks as if he will be too expensive for us. We don’t have the money.”
Moyes saluted Tim Cahill’s first hat-trick for Everton which helped them maintain their 100 per cent pre-season record.
“We want him to do that for us in the Premier League,” he said. “His third goal was fantastic.”
Cahill opened the scoring thanks to a terrible gaffe by John Ruddy. The goalkeeper left Goodison for the Canaries last month and was clearly so confused about his loyalties he allowed the midfielder’s shot to creep under his legs and roll slowly over the line.
The mistake was horribly reminiscent of former Norwich stopper Rob Green’s
infamous blunder in England’s World Cup draw with the USA.
Ruddy wasn’t at fault for the visitors’ second goal, with Michael Nelson taking the blame. The Norwich defender chested a harmless cross straight into Cahill’s path.
Ruddy blocked the shot, but the Australian followed up to head home.
Andrew Crofts then pulled one back for the home side just after the restart, nodding Adam Drury’s cross past goalkeeper Tim Howard.
And Norwich drew level when Andrew Surman hit his first goal for City, placing the ball past Howard.
But Diniyar Bilyaletdinov’s confident strike restored the lead for the Premier League side.
Cahill then made sure of the win with a sublime goal, flicking the ball over Ruddy before tapping in to complete a hat-trick.
