Everton FC goalkeeper Tim Howard keen to help the Blues taste victory in North London

Tim Howard, Everton FCIT WAS in the middle of his most prolific season yet, so Jermaine Defoe was odds-on to bury his decisive penalty at Goodison Park last November.Such was the diminutive forward's hot streak, there were groans all over Goodison Park when he picked up the ball and planted it on the spot before the Park End.Never overly prone to optimism, few Evertonians could have predicted anything less than a last-gasp defeat to pour ice-cold water on their side's impressive performance.Step forward Tim Howard. The American goalkeeper's stunning reflex save was the best from a penalty fans inside the Old Lady had witnessed in a long time. Defoe went on to register 24 goals in a scintillating personal season, but Everton didn't look back either.That hard-earned point was one of the catalysts which propelled David Moyes' side onto a run of form which saw them surge up the table.Now the Everton boss will be hoping a fixture against Harry Redknapp's upwardly mobile Londoners can help him build on the optimism generated by a convincing derby win at Goodison on Sunday.Although Moyes will be hoping to catch Spurs with energy levels at rock bottom after their leg-sapping Champions League away defeat by Inter Milan on Wednesday, he will be wary of a few things.

Source: Liverpool_Echo