PIENAAR STRIKE CONDEMNS SPURS

Pienaar caused a delay at the start of the second half as he was wearing the wrong shirt - then six minutes after the restart he found the back of the net when his shot cannoned in off Vedran Corluka.

It was Everton's third win in a row at White Hart Lane and also meant a first home defeat for Spurs boss Harry Redknapp.

Both sides have aspirations of challenging the top four but Spurs, despite Redknapp's honeymoon period, are still in the thick of it at the wrong end.

Moyes, meanwhile, has Everton fans looking towards the top of the table after a performance where they bounced back from last week's defeat to Wigan by packing the midfield and looking to break.

It made for a cagey contest where chances were difficult to come by. During a dull opening period, the only significant action of note was a serious-looking injury to Aiyegbeni Yakubu, who was leading Everton's attack as a lone striker.

Pienaar delayed kick-off for the second half by wearing Leon Osman's shirt - then within six minutes he was whipping off his shirt when he celebrated the winner.

The South Africa midfielder was fouled by Aaron Lennon and Mikel Arteta took the free-kick quickly. Pienaar's eventual shot took a wicked deflection off Corluka to wrongfoot goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, then the dreadlocked midfielder wheeled away to celebrate in front of the travelling fans.

David Bentley later sent a free-kick into the wall while Roman Pavlyuchenko almost levelled when he was found at the near post - but Tim Howard dived sharply to deny the Russia striker.

Substitute Fraizer Campbell then went close in stoppage-time but his effort deflected just wide.