Moyes hails magical Mirallas

Everton 3 Reading 1

This victory, albeit against relegation strugglers, was initially about getting back on track after a month without a Premier League win, but the form of his talented trio Marouane Fellaini, Steven Pienaar and Kevin Mirallas was just as uplifting.

All three scored, with Pienaar’s peach of a second sent hurtling past Reading’s third-choice keeper Stuart Taylor at unstoppable speed after Fellaini had plundered his 12th of the campaign with a forceful header, the pick of the bunch. But it was Mirallas, his other Belgian, who gave Moyes most cause to smile.