David Moyes has warned his Everton stars that once the injury crisis is over established players will be out if they fail to perform. The Everton boss admits he cannot afford to take such action at the moment, with the Toffees suffering a serious injury crisis.

Everton suffered a shattering 5-0 Europa League defeat at Benfica on Thursday, their worst-ever European result.

Moyes said: "We must make sure we do not have any loss of confidence after what happened against Benfica. We did pretty well in the first half - we did not 'park the bus' and just defend.

"I told them after the game that they must learn from their mistakes. But they kept going - and even when we were 4-0 down, we were trying to get forward to score.

"But in truth, if you keep making mistakes you won't be in the team. You cannot play for Everton and make mistakes.

"Maybe at the moment, when we do not have too many to choose from, you will stay in the side even if you are making mistakes.

"But when we do get our squad strength back, we will not be tolerating mistakes. We will be a lot tougher on that than we can be now."