Everton midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov won great praise after his performance for Russia in their World Cup playoff victory over Slovenia.

The Everton man scored both his side's goals in their 2-1 World Cup play-off win at the weekend.

It prompted his teammate Roman Pavlyuchenko, who plays for Spurs, to compare him to Brazil legend Pele.

"In the episode of the first goal I rebounded from the defender to obtain the ball but when I turned around I was amazed to find Bill in front of me," recalled the striker on Russian website Sport Express.

"I do not understand it even now how he managed to get there. But that moment I passed to him and Diniyar did everything the way that probably only Pele could do. Well done!"