Moyes praises Cahill goal

David Moyes has praised Tim Cahill after he popped up with another superb goal in the UEFA Cup against Zenit. The 1-0 win sees them enter the final 16 as group winners in the UEFA Cup.

Moyes said: "Tim popped up again with the winner, but that is what he does. I don't send him out telling him to score goals, he just does that anyway. He always goes out to score, he always wants to score. He is a very important player for us and his influence is growing game by game."

He added: "It was Tim who forced their player into the offence that won us the penalty, and then he was there on the line to force the ball home when everyone else had stopped.

The penalty was a bit harsh, but we are having trouble with them at the moment, they just won't go in, it's the third we have missed in the competition.

"But they were unlucky with the penalty and the sending off, at the time I could not see it but now I have watched the replay on TV the ball looked to hit the lad's body, it didn't look like hand-ball.

"It hit his body and thigh so Zenit were definitely unlucky over that, and it cost them a player too."