Our best performance – Red Roy

(18-10-2010) Roy Hodgson was adamant his Liverpool side deserved more out of their 2-0 defeat in the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on Sunday. The struggling manager claimed the Reds second half performance was their best in his time at the club. "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,” insisted the 63-year-old afterwards. "From what I saw I thought we dominated the second half totally.” He added: "I thought the shape of the team was good, 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.” The result leaves Liverpool mired in the relegation zone, with one win in eight EPL matches this season.