Source: Liverpool_Echo
Man City 1 Everton FC 2: Blues pleased as punch as they secure vital win at Eastlands
IT TOOK life-long Manchester City fan Ricky Hatton to predict it.[LNB]'I don't know Tim personally but he is a fighter, a player who gives it everything and that is what you want to see, Everton fans will appreciate that,' said the former world boxing champion before kick off.[LNB]Just like in his prime, the hit-man had nailed it. Cahill gave his everything, as did each of his team-mates, and the Aussie's knack for hurting Manchester City came back to haunt them again.[LNB] 'He throws those punches pretty well,' added Hatton about the 31-year-old Everton talisman's trade-mark celebration, and Cahill was at it again after only four minutes at Eastlands last night.[LNB]The one-man wrecking ball then went on to force City's right-back off the field thanks to a fair but fearless collision. And he duly helped the Blues capitalise on the gap down the home side's right side, setting up Leighton Baines to give Everton a dream start.[LNB]But this was a victory as much inspired by shrewd tactics as it was the priceless Aussie who has left Evertonians dreading January 1 when he departs for the Asia Cup.[LNB]David Moyes' decision to start contract-rebel Victor Anichebe ahead of Louis Saha may not have registered on the watching nation quite to the extent of Carlos Tevez's return to the home side as skipper, but it was to have greater effect on the game.[LNB]The Everton manager's brave decision probably had some Bluenoses scratching their heads, but it was a bold move which paid off in the first half.[LNB]Rarely prone to controversy in his selection, Moyes played an ambitious hand and sat back to watch it become a full house in the end, that saw his side rise to 14th in the table.
