Everton FC latest: David Moyes urges Louis Saha to turn up heat on John Terry

Louis Saha

DAVID MOYES has urged Louis Saha to inflict more misery on John Terry as Everton aim for the perfect response to their derby disappointment.

The Goodison outfit entertain leaders Chelsea tonight intent on rediscovering their potency in attack after their nine-match unbeaten league came shuddering to a halt at Anfield on Saturday.

Saha was a subdued performer against Liverpool and, although still Everton’s leading scorer this season with 13 goals, has netted just once in his last eight outings.

And Moyes is keen for the French striker, on target in the 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge in December, to show the form that convinced Everton to hand him a two-year contract extension last week – and ensure another difficult evening for troubled Chelsea centre-back Terry.

“I’m looking for Louis to contribute more goals,” said the Goodison manager. “A lot of his goals have come in the early part of the season. He has great talent and ability. He does thrive on a lot of confidence and needs that confidence.

“We’ve shown a lot of confidence in him in keeping him here and we want him to get the goals to go with it. He has played well in some games lately, but he hasn’t got the goals and we want him to get that goalscoring form back.

“If we can get our centre-forwards right I think we can cause Chelsea problems. Louis is a top player, Yak came on too on Saturday, we have Pienaar, Donovan and Cahill too, and we are looking for those kind of attacking players to score goals and be creative.”

Tonight’s game represents Terry’s first away game since he was stripped of the England captaincy by Fabio Capello following revelations over his personal life.

The centre-back came in for some fearful abuse at Burnley shortly after the story first broke and, if selected by Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, can expect a similarly hostile welcome at Goodison.

“Will the crowd wind up Terry? That’s football now,” said Moyes. “I’ve been to a few grounds recently where supporters try to unsettle individual players for whatever reason but who knows what will happen tomorrow? John Terry might not even play in the game. Anyway, John Terry is the captain of Chelsea and I’m sure he’s not out there playing for them thinking that he’s the captain of England, or about the England captaincy.”

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