Super-sub Saha seals Toffees win

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David Wheater's header a minute from the break had given Middlesbrough a deserved lead.

But they buckled under second-half pressure as Everton scored twice in six minutes through Marouane Fellaini and substitute Louis Saha.

Middlesbrough opened up with a pace and movement that surprised Everton and they should have been ahead after 10 minutes.

Justin Hoyte's astute pass sent Matthew Bates into the box. But when the midfielder's pass was laid back invitingly, Aliadiere wastefully lifted his effort over the bar from 12-yards.

The visitors did take the lead a minute before the interval. Bates crossed from the right and Wheater rose above Everton's defence to send a downward header that Tim Howard got a hand to but could not keep out despite a desperate attempt to claw the ball back from behind the line.

Everton took off Jack Rodwell at the break and sent Saha on with Cahill moving back into his more orthodox midfield role.

The Toffees were level after 50 minutes. Cahill's long cross swirled into the box and Fellaini jumped to head home, Jones, having started to advance to meet the ball, stopped allowing the ball to loop over his head.

Six minutes later Everton were ahead. Pienaar crossed from the left and Saha arrived at the near post to glance another header wide of the stranded Jones.

Everton survived a late scare in added time with Howard spilling a Gary O'Neil free-kick in injury-time but Joleon Lescott came to the rescue by hooking clear.