David Moyes was impressed with his first glimpse of deadline day signing Carlos Alcaraz but also singled out another player for praise.

The Blues boss introduced the 22-year-old midway through the second half and the attacking midfielder almost made an immediate impact when he curled a free-kick against the post.

His introduction was the spark for a 10 minute rally by Everton that almost enabled them to get back into the game after conceding two first half goals to Bournemouth.

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But it was the player who came on alongside Alcaraz that Moyes turned his attention to - Jack Harrison. Harrison hit the post himself and provided several dangerous crosses, one of which led to Jake O’Brien also hitting the woodwork.

It was a positive cameo for Harrison, who has struggled for form across recent months.

Initially asked for his thoughts on Alcaraz’s first minutes at his new club, Moyes said: “I was really, really pleased. I was pleased with Carlos, but I was always pleased with Jack Harrison as well. I thought he put in three or four great deliveries at a time in the game when we needed it.

"I thought Tim [Iroegbunam] came on and we're just sort of half-nursing him back into some fitness. I think the biggest thing for me is to try and find if I can have some competition in the team and some players who I feel as if we can use and could use. And I thought those players all showed up and showed to me that they could do that.”

For all that Everton fought to get back into this match, the damage was done with the first half goals from Antoine Semenyo, from the penalty spot, and Daniel Jebbison.

Asked whether a difficult first 45 minutes backed up the caution he had expressed after three consecutive league wins, Moyes said: “I don't think anybody will be thinking that we can change this and suddenly everything's going to be rosy.

"I don't think that's going to be the way. I have been indicating that as well. I think we've still got a group of players where we have got to try and get the best out of them every game we can.

“I actually thought we didn't start the game well today. It felt as if we didn't start well and we got a little bit of control, but we were never able to get into the final third and penetrate.

"We never really threatened them at all in the opening period. But we have our group of players here, which everybody knows about. I'm just getting to know about a lot of them.

"They have done remarkably well before today and this wasn't a great result, but they kept at it. We made a few chances but the ball hit the inside of the post twice and neither of them went our way. So it was just one of those days nothing was going to go our way.”