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Leighton Baines says that not beating Liverpool at the weekend was an opportunity missed, but insists he and his Everton team-mates will bounce back when the Blues entertain Chelsea this Wednesday.

He said: “It feels like a massive opportunity missed. We came up against a Liverpool side that started out well and showed they were hungry.

“We are very strong at home though, and feel confident we can beat anyone at Goodison. There have been a few games against Chelsea when we’ve played well and should have beaten them.

“There’s a few games against the top four sides which have been the same. We have just got a point rather than what we deserved, but if we play anything like we did at Stamford Bridge we can get a point.

“We will miss Steven because of his ban, and missing Marouane too means we are without two very influential players but at least Mikel came on and got some good minutes.

“He will be a big player for us and Jack Rodwell is getting back to full fitness too which is important.”

David Moyes is confident there is very little between Everton and Liverpool on the pitch at the moment, and feels that his side did the job of retaining possession against Liverpool's ten men well.

"I thought we passed the ball quite well. We got Mikel on the ball a lot and he was prodding away and trying to find a way through. I don’t think we let our standards drop at all after they went down to 10 men," said the boss.

"We probably needed a bit more width. That was the only thing we lacked today. But we didn’t deserve to lose, all we fell down on was a bit of creativity at the top end. But I still maintain there is very little between the two teams nowadays."