Turns out David Moyes replacing Sean Dyche was nothing like copy and paste. One British manager is not the same as the next. Each of the players decisive in victory here exemplified the influence and nous the coach has returned to Merseyside.
Beto, a striker untrusted by Dyche but willing to chase channels to the point of exhaustion, a template that Moyes has often leaned on, scored a fine goal. The late winner came from a speculative, astute wild-card signing in Carlos Alcaraz, slotting in the rebound of a shot from Ashley Young, a player Moyes was working with in his Manchester United days.
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