David Moyes was seeing red after the final whistle, but not for the reasons you might expect.

The Everton manager was adamant his side should have been awarded a first-half penalty when Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall went down in the Liverpool box. Referee Chris Kavanagh wasn't having any of it, waving play on as the Reds continued their relentless march through another Merseyside derby.

Moyes' frustration was palpable in his post-match comments, clearly feeling hard done by in what was already shaping up to be another difficult afternoon for the Blues. The incident involving Dewsbury-Hall became the focal point of Everton's grievances, with their manager questioning Kavanagh's decision-making.

But here's the thing about penalty shouts: they're often the last refuge of teams struggling to create genuine chances. When you're reduced to appealing for soft contact in the box, it usually means the game has already slipped away from you.

Liverpool's dominance in these derbies has become so routine that Everton's post-match analysis increasingly centres on what they didn't get rather than what they failed to produce. It's a telling shift in mentality from a club that once relished these encounters.

The referee's decisions will be debated long into the night on the blue half of Merseyside, but the reality is that Moyes and his players know they need to find answers beyond hoping for favourable officiating.

Credit: Ian Doyle, Liverpool Echo