Everton boss David Moyes singled out Tony Hibbert for praise after their 2-1 Europa League victory over BATE Borisov.

Everton were up against it as they went into the match without 10 first team players and fell behind to a goal from Dmitri Likhtarovich in the first half.

However, the Goodison side dug deep and Marouane Fellaini equalised in the 68th minute. Tim Cahill's goal completed the comeback and BATE finished second-best like AEK Athens before in the campaign.

Moyes lost Joseph Yobo to a thigh injury on the eve of the game and Tony Hibbert switched from right-back to centre defence.

Moyes said: "I thought Tony played really well, it was an outstanding performance by him and he slotted in as I hoped he would.

"It was a really pleasing result considering the number of players who were not available.

"It was a resilient performance, which in the end allowed us to get the victory. I thought we played better in the first half but we were wasteful with our passing.

"BATE scored an excellent goal but we regrouped and managed to get the goals we needed.

"Tim Cahill is always a threat in those kind of situations but he has probably not scored as many goals as he should have done recently."

With Benfica losing to AEK Athens, Everton are now top of the group with maximum points.

Moyes said: "It's always nice to win away in Europe and this was an important victory. We were hoping to take points early in the campaign and we are now in a good position. We want to stay there and keep progressing in this competition."