Everton FC 2 Tottenham 1: Cash strapped Blues upset the odds to beat flush Spurs

06 January 2011 05:00
Seamus Coleman 300[LNB]MAYBE it doesn't always have to be about money after all.[LNB]Before this game David Moyes clung to the gossamer hope that his side's ability to upset the richly-assembled aristocrats of English football hadn't vanished for ever.[LNB]Facing a transfer window hampered by a perennially empty wallet, in relegation form, and in dire need of inspiration, the Everton manager addressed the media.[LNB]Was he galled at the gulf between his club and Tottenham Hotspur, the fourth-placed darlings of the media enroute to Goodison?[LNB] How could he hope to compete against a club with enough quality players to feasibly field two teams capable of competing in the top flight?[LNB]There were even questions about the security of his job, after a dismal defeat by Stoke.[LNB]Had his ability to send out teams capable of defying investment levels finally waned?[LNB]But the Toffees manager is no quitter, because even when the odds suggest otherwise, he still believes in the uplifting, soul-enriching qualities of football to offer a revival.[LNB]And his definitive revival this season may have finally arrived at 9.45pm last night, as Everton stung Spurs at Goodison for the second time in successive campaigns.[LNB]It was a night of multiple revivals. The goals came, finally, only two of them, but significantly one was scored and the second created by a striker in royal blue - yes, this is not a typo - Louis Saha scored his first goal in 11 months.

Source: Liverpool_Echo