We’re too good to be in this position says Everton FC’s Tim Cahill

Dec 1 2009 by Ian Doyle, Liverpool Daily Post

TIM CAHILL believes Everton are too good to be relegated despite admitting they are in “a lot of trouble” in the Premier League.

The Goodison outfit stand just three points and two places above the drop after taking a miserly six points from their last eight Premier League matches.

Liverpool were the latest team to profit from their woes by snatching a scarcely-deserved 2-0 win in Sunday’s Merseyside derby at Goodison.

But Cahill believes David Moyes’s side can take heart from their performance despite admitting life is not going to get any easier in the coming weeks.

“I think that's the best we've played in a while,” said the Australian. “Our passing was good, we made lots of space with our movement and had two disallowed goals.

“We were strong from corners too. It's hard to take but at this stage it's not going to get any easier.

“We're in a lot of trouble – the only way we can get out of it is by playing and working our way out of it. We're too good to be in this position.”

Everton have won only one of their last 11 matches in all competitions – a fortuitous 2-1 triumph at West Ham United last month - and have netted just nine goals during that period.

Cahill accepts the team are having trouble scoring goals, not helped by continued fitness concerns over Yakubu and Louis Saha that prevented either from starting on Sunday.

But the 29-year-old believes the improved performance against Liverpool, which came four days after a demoralising 3-2 defeat at fellow strugglers Hull City when Everton were 3-0 down at half-time, was a major positive.