Only Manchester United and Manchester City have conceded less goals than Everton on their Premier League travels this season, and Moyes praised the performances of Joseph Yobo and Sylvain Distin.

“The centre-halves had good games,” said the Everton manager.

“It was always going to be tough. West Ham had their tails up, they saw this as a chance to get two wins in a week.

“When it was 2-0, we weren’t playing particularly well but we had shored it up at the back and it was nearly the perfect away performance where you get the goals and don’t play that well.

“Then when it went to 2-1 I thought there were too many spaces, they seemed to run through us and got a lift from it.”

Hibbert scored his own goal when he sliced what appeared a routine clearance off the line from substitute Junior Stanislas.

And Moyes added: “My feeling was that he should have cleared it. I haven’t spoken to him yet, though.”

Saha’s goal was his fifth in his last three appearances against the Hammers, with Moyes revealing the striker is still hampered by the calf problem that forced him to miss Thursday’s Europa League defeat to Benfica.

“It was in my mind that he does well against West Ham,” said the Goodison manager.

“Louis has a calf strain and probably shouldn’t be playing.

“We were thinking about taking him off at half-time but we gave him 10 more minutes in the second half because Yak’s been struggling coming back from his injury.”

Meanwhile, Everton face an automatic fine from the Football Association after accruing five yellow cards at Upton Park yesterday.