DAVID MOYES has no intention of getting sidetracked by talk of Europe despite Monday night’s excellent win at Manchester City.

Collecting three points from a trip to Eastlands is becoming as much an annual tradition as travel chaos around Bank Holidays.

Goals from Tim Cahill and Leighton Baines ensured Everton recorded their fourth straight win at City.

It allowed them to clamber away from the drop zone, five points ahead of third-bottom Wigan, yet only six adrift of fifth-placed Tottenham, such is the congestion in the Premier League table.

Little wonder there was immediate talk of a concerted assault on the European spots at the start of a Christmas period that continues with a home encounter against Birmingham on Boxing Day.

But Moyes has no such lofty aims at present.

The Scot is aware his side have struggled to find consistency this term. And he realises the search must continue until that elusive component of so many successful seasons has been rediscovered.

“I still feel we are big outsiders when people talk about Europe,” he said.