DAVID MOYES admits a lack of flair players within the squad has forced him to alter Everton FC’s style this season.

The Goodison manager has seen both Steven Pienaar and Mikel Arteta depart during the past 12 months to Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal respectively.

Such an absence of midfield creativity has told this campaign, with Everton having netted just six times from open play in the Premier League.

Phil Jagielka’s header from a Leighton Baines free-kick, who later scored from the spot, helped Everton come from behind to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 at the weekend.

And Moyes believes such determination and character can help atone for the shortfall in craft.

“The resilience among the players has always been here,” said the Goodison manager.

“We are maybe a little bit like we were in the second or third year after I took over (in 2002) – I thought we looked a bit like that on Saturday.

“But we had some good years there and we won a lot of good games.

“Maybe we weren’t quite with the free-flowing football of the past seasons but my job is to find another way of winning.

“At the moment we don’t quite have the flair and ability to win it the way we have done in recent seasons with the likes of Mikel and Pienaar.

“But we certainly have a great heartbeat among the players and we will be trying to keep digging out a few results.”