New hair-do ... Victor Anichebe borrows Marouane Fellaini's afro. Source:AAP
Everton closed to within three points of the top four in the Barclays Premier League after winning 2-0 at home to second-bottom Queens Park Rangers.
Darron Gibson broke the deadlock in the 40th minute at Goodison Park with a deflected shot from 25 yards, with Victor Anichebe flicking in a Sylvain Distin knock-down 11 minutes into the second period.
"We played well at times. The pitch is very poor at the minute and that is not helping us, but we got the goals that mattered," said Everton manager David Moyes, whose side visit Arsenal on Tuesday.
QPR remain seven points from safety but they have played two games more than third-bottom Wigan Athletic, who faced Millwall in the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday, and a game more than fourth-bottom Sunderland.
Aston Villa spurned an opportunity to haul themselves out of the relegation picture in a 1-1 draw at home to Fulham.
Charles N'Zogbia broke the deadlock for Paul Lambert's side ten minutes into the second half with a wonderful curler.
But the hosts' defensive frailties saw their run without a clean sheet extended to 21 outings when the unfortunate Fabian Delph headed into his own net from a corner.
"The point keeps the momentum there," said Villa manager Paul Lambert, whose side are three points above the bottom three.
"I played under a great manager once and he said if you can't win a game, then don't lose it. I think you can sense in the stadium the fans are behind us."
Meanwhile, Andy Carroll marked his return to the West Ham United starting XI with a second-half equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Southampton.
Gaston Ramirez gave Southampton the lead shortly before the hour when he calmly beat Jussi Jaaskelainen, but Carroll levelled the scores seven minutes later with a deflected free-kick.
After the game, West Ham boss SamAllardyce said he felt the result took him a step closer to earning a renewal of his current contract, which expires in the summer.
"It is closer. Hopefully we can get it tied up soon so we can get on with pre-season work. When it is all tied up, we want to put pen to paper as soon as we can," Allardyce said.
"I will have a chat with the owner. Let us just get this season over and done with."
Saints manager Mauricio Pochettino, meanwhile, was frustrated by the draw but happy with his players' performance after several of them had been affected by a virus in the build-up.
"We are a bit disappointed," he said. "We had the feeling we could win the game, but we weren't able to.
"I am very happy, especially because during the week we had problems with a virus that meant the players were not able to train properly."
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