David Moyes says he spoke with Jack Grealish after his red card against Wolves, with the Scot admitting he was disappointed with the on-loan winger
Jack Grealish was sent off for Everton against Wolves(Image: PA)
David Moyes said he had made his feelings clear to Jack Grealish in the immediate aftermath of the playmaker’s red card against Wolves.
The 30-year-old was handed two yellow cards, both for dissent, in the final minutes as Everton clung onto a point against the Premier League’s bottom club.
Both came shortly after Michael Keane had been handed an early bath for what referee Thomas Kirk concluded was an act of violent conduct when he appeared to pull the hair of striker Tolu Arokodare.
The bookings, which reduced Everton to nine men as they sought to avoid defeat through nine minutes of stoppage time, compounded the Blues’ problems after their night turned sour when Mateus Mane equalised in the 69th minute.
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Everton held the lead and had been on top for most of the game before that goal was the catalyst for the chaos that followed.
Moyes, furious at the red card for Keane, acknowledged he was “disappointed” with the actions of Grealish, who like Keane will now be suspended for this weekend’s FA Cup game with Sunderland.
While he refused to go into detail on his thoughts over the red card, when asked whether he felt he would need to have words with the player, he simply said: “I already have.”
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