By The Nark End
March 8 2010

EVERTON BOSS DAVID MOYES THOUGHT HIS PLAYERS WERE TERRIFIC IN YESTERDAYS 5-1 DEFEAT OF HULL CITY AT GOODISON PARK...

Everton manager David Moyes said that his players produced a terrific performance to destroy Hull City 5-1 at Goodison Park.

The Blues took the lead through Mikel Arteta early on and then responded in devastating fashion to being pegged back just after the half-hour mark when Tom Cairney volleyed in from the left-edge of the penalty area.

A first-half brace from Mikel Arteta was followed by a Richard Garcia own goal and strikes from Landon Donovan - on his last Goodison appearance - and Jack Rodwell.

But Moyes admitted that he was still a little unsettled until the game was out of sight in the second half.

"It was a terrific performance," the Goodison boss said. "Some of our football was excellent at times and we were very worthy of the scoreline today, I felt. I thought overall we made several chances which could have resulted in more goals.

"But even when it was 2-1, I was still worried - when we got the third one I was still worried. We had lost a goal when it looked like we probably wouldn't - it came from a set-piece where the boy [Cairney] volleyed it home.

"It was only when we got the fourth that I started to feel a little more confident.

"I was a little concerned and we had missed a penalty as well and when they got back to 1-1, I thought our players slightly lost their way.

"I thought to myself that this is going to be one of those days that we rue but, in the end, the players did a good job and got all of the points."