Toffees facing tough battle

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A goal from Brian McBride, a player Moyes once took on loan for three months at Goodison Park, settled a hard-fought contest at Craven Cottage. Although Moyes has not given up on fourth place, Everton are now three points behind their Merseyside rivals.

"Liverpool were always favourites, I've said that many times," declared Moyes. "We are just going to try and win as many games as we can and keep going. We've been on a great run but this was not one of our better performances."

He added: "The players have been terrific but we dropped below the high standards we have set. I am disappointed with the game.

"The players have been excellent and this is our first defeat in I don't know how many league games but we've not got a great record at Fulham."

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson was delighted with the victory which boosted their hopes of escaping relegation from the Barclays Premier League.

Now Hodgson wants them to reproduce the winning mentality in their remaining eight games.

"We knew we had to get the victory," said Hodgson. "When you are fighting for your life at the bottom, the motivation is always going to be that little bit stronger than when you are trying for fourth place and the Champions League.

"I thought it was a good performance by the team in every respect and the goal that won the game was a worthy winner. Brian is an experienced player. He is 36 and a talismanic figure at the club. It was just that little bit of quality that was needed because both teams were defending and fighting hard.

"We have got eight extremely important matches and if we want to stay up we have got to reproduce this performance eight more times."