Everton’s Moyes happy to get win despite average showing

Everton manager David Moyes was delighted his team was able to record a win over West Ham despite putting up an average display.

The Toffees needed to bounce back from a loss to Benfica in the Europa League midweek and did so by defeating the Hammers 2-1 away thanks to goals from Louis Saha and youngster Dan Gosling.

Moyes admitted his side were not great but was pleased they were able to produce a winning result.

"We have not played that well, so we cannot ask for any more," said Moyes.

"When it was 2-0, I felt we had shored it up with nearly a perfect away performance where you have got the goals, but did not play that well.

"The key is always to find a winning formula, and today we have found one. But we need to play better than we have done.

"At the moment, we are lacking just a bit of quality. October was a tough month, with probably too many matches for the same group of players.

"Nevertheless, I thought they showed great character to hang in there at the end of what has been a difficult period for them."

Everton moved to 12th on the table after the win and are still within striking distance of the top seven.