Manager David Moyes was full of praise for his Everton side after they secured a deserved 2-0 derby win over Liverpool at Goodison Park.

Goals from Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta gave the Toffees the points and lifted them towards the top half of the table, while leaving the Reds still in the bottom three.

A delighted Moyes commented:"I think with everything that's been going on this week, it's great credit to the players that they kept focused and have gone about their job in the right way.

"Their attitude was spot on and they got their reward.

"I thought we have played better in the majority of games than we did today, but it was a derby and a different kind of game.

"Some of our performances earlier in the season were good but we did not get the result, but today we did enough.

"We are getting away from the wrong end of the table. We are a good enough team to be at the top end."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email