Leon Osman was full of praise for Everton teammate Sergio Castillo after their late victory at Manchester City.

The Ecuadorian was recalled in order to allow Tim Cahill to fill the void left by injured striker Victor Anichebe and helped limit the impact of Shaun Wright-Phillips, Stephen Ireland and fellow South American Robinho.

"Casti had a good game," Osman told evertonTV. "He's been unlucky not to play more. He's a good player and came back in today and put a great performance in. It was different for us playing without a striker but Tim went up there, did a good job and things worked out for us."