Everton boss David Moyes has thrown the responsibility back onto his players after their defeat to Bolton Wanderers.

Everton, well-short of their first-choice team, lost 3-2 to the Trotters and Moyes told evertonfc.com: "There was a big moment in the game where maybe Dan Gosling should of scored but he is a young boy and he will learn.

"And that's not the reason we lost. We didn't defend properly and we didn't do the things that stop you losing games. Because of that we have ended up losing it. They have been told - you don't play like that and play for Everton.

"So it is up to them (the players) to sort it out now. I will help them and coach them and work with them - but at the end of the day they are the ones who cross the white line and they need to roll their sleeves up. I'll protect them, I'll protect their performances. But if they don't do basic things like head the ball and defend set-pieces, which they practice and work on - then it is themselves they need to look at."