Everton manager David Moyes felt Luis Suarez should have been sent off even before the Liverpool striker’s last-gasp effort was ruled out for offside in Sunday’s Merseyside derby.

Once again the Uruguayan took all of the attention at Goodison Park, causing Leighton Baines to put his cross-shot into the net in the early stages and then celebrating by diving at the feet of Moyes.

Before the match, the Everton coach had expressed his opinion that Suarez goes down too easily and that diving is driving supporters away from the game.

Suarez also managed a second goal himself but after Everton pulled it back to 2-2, he had an effort incorrectly cancelled out for offside deep into injury time.

But although Moyes had no problem with Suarez’s potentially provocative celebration, he said the striker should have been sent off for a challenge on Sylvain Distin, for which he received a booking.

On the celebration, Moyes said: “I thought it was great. I actually quite liked that and it’s the sort of thing I’d have done if I’d have scored, but I’ve got to say he was a very lucky man to stay on the pitch for his tackle.

“If we’d have scored a third I probably would have done the same (diving in celebration) to him.

“They’ve shown me the tackle from behind down Sylvain’s leg. It’s over the top, down the back of the leg.

“You’ve got to be careful what you do. He’s going to have to dive in front of a lot of managers now, isn’t he?

“Sometimes the crowd take it from what the players do on the pitch, so what the players do on the pitch sometimes has an effect on the crowd.”