EVERTON manager David Moyes admitted he was worried his side were facing another early cup exit on Saturday but felt that they had done enough to win the tie.

He said: "Yes I was worried but if you look at the game overall then we should have won.

"Their keeper Andy Marshall made some very good saves, especially late on.

"James McFadden had a really good chance in the first half and if we'd have put that one away then it would have probably changed the way the game went.

"But the lads stuck at it and Millwall is always a hard place to come to, especially in the FA Cup.

"We tried to give people in our squad an opportunity today and use the squad. We were also without Nigel Martyn and Joseph Yobo who were injured. We know how hard it can be going away in the FA Cup and our experience at Shrewsbury."

Backed by a typically vociferous crowd, Millwall ensured that the tie was a real battle for Everton but Moyes expected nothing different.

He said: "We knew we'd got a really hard game and we made sure we gave Millwall some proper respect.

"They've got a spirit that has always ran through Millwall and I think the public demand that. You've also got to realise that two years ago they were FA Cup finalists."

As the hosts tired, it was Moyes's second-half substitutes, first James Beattie and Duncan Ferguson and then, tellingly, Leon Osman, that helped tip the game back in the Everton's favour.