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Saha pushing for Wembley place

Everton manager David Moyes praised the contribution of Louis Saha after his brace helped propel the club into fifth place in the Barclays Premier League.

Saha improved his chances of a starting place in the FA Cup final as they secured a 3-1 victory against West Ham at Goodison Park.

Moyes said: "I thought Louis' overall contribution was much better. I think he has got that in him. It is just a case of Louis getting out and showing it."

He added: "He had a header which hit the post after a deflection, he had a chance to make it four, he scored a tap-in and he scored a penalty kick.

"The most important thing though was I wanted to win the match. I am not going to play people just because I am looking at the FA Cup. We have options and I wanted to give people opportunities to see what they could do."

Saha cancelled out Radoslav Kovac's spectacular 30-yard opener for West Ham with a penalty after James Tomkins had tripped Tim Cahill.

The result was that Tomkins was red carded and the visitors imploded. Joseph Yobo gave Everton the lead before Saha added a third.

Moyes is delighted to see his side on the shoulders of the top four.

He said: "If you had given me sixth at the start of the season I would have said thanks very much. If we can stay fifth I will be more than happy.

"I thought we were really good for the first 20 minutes, then we went a goal behind against the run of play. We showed great character to come back and do the job."

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