Everton boss David Moyes has praised the resilience of his injury-hit squad. He said: "The striker situation is a big worry for us, we still have real doubts about whether Victor (Anichebe) or Louis (Saha) will be available for any of the Christmas games.
"Obviously we are asking a lot of people to do extra jobs and play out of position but they have done that very well.
"They know the circumstances and in a way it makes you stronger because they are working ever so hard for each other.
"Sometimes when needs must then you have to stick together but we are also aware that we can't afford many more injuries or then we really will be short."