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Everton boss Moyes slams ref: Book me again! But don't call me Pleaty!

Everton boss Moyes slams ref: Book me again! But don't call me Pleaty!
Everton boss Moyes slams ref: Book me again! But don't call me Pleaty!REUTERS

Everton boss David Moyes says he'd celebrate just as wildly again if given the chance after Beto's 97th minute equaliser for their draw at Brighton.

Moyes' jig was reminiscent of David Pleat's celebrations after Luton beat relegation after defeating Manchester City in 1983.

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"I hope you're not going to call me Pleaty," joked Moyes. "The difference is David Pleat doesn't get booked for it, does he? They think it's okay because everyone enjoys seeing the celebrations. We are killing it that managers can't come out of the technical areas to celebrate a goal.

"You get booked for that? Imagine being booked for celebrating! Who wants to see managers getting booked for celebrating?

'I don't think I'd have danced down if the goal had come in the 55th minute. They have got nothing about them at all, no thoughts of what football means, of what it means to the managers without just saying, no, you can't step outside the line or we're going to book you. It's f*****g sad, isn't it. I am still shaking my head."

Moyes added: "I bloody will do it again! If I'd been a bit more mobile, I might have done a kneeslide! 

"That would only have got me a yellow as well, so I might as well have gone the whole hog!"

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