Moyes hails prodigal son
Manager David Moyes paid a special tribute to 18-year-old James Vaughan, who fired his first senior goal for Everton since recovering from career-threatening knee surgery.
Vaughan came on in the final minutes of the 2-0 home win over West Ham to grab an injury-time clincher.
Vaughan had been sidelined for 14 months as he needed two operations on serious cruciate knee problems and Moyes said: "It has taken a lot of hard work for him to get back, he's a willing lad and determined to do well. I am very pleased for him."
He added: "The lad has lost over a year of the important early stages of his career.
Moyes hailed his patched-up side after their win extended the Hammers' away run to nine successive defeats.
Last-minute injuries in training forced Moyes into a roll-call a couple of hours before the match to decide who was fit to play with Tim Cahill, Alessandro Pistone, Paddy Boyle and Gary Naysmith already out.
Moyes said: "It was like a casualty ward after training on Saturday.
"Victor Anichebe damaged his knee and both Phil Neville and Mikel Arteta suffered injuries within 60 seconds of each other.
"Neville has a knee problem but Arteta kicked the ground and has damaged his shin and ankle. He will have an X-ray this morning but could be out for a couple of weeks.
"Considering those problems I was very pleased with the result, if not always the performance. It that was just the result we needed after a couple of setbacks in recent weeks. We worked hard, played as a team and stood up to everything West Ham threw at us."
