Everton boss David Moyes has praised the spirit and fight shown by his players in Sunday's 2-2 draw with Tottenham.

The Toffees fought from two goals down to level the score in the 86th minute through Tim Cahill before goalkeeper Tim Howard kept out a last-minute Jermain Defoe penalty to take a share of the points.

After the game, Moyes heaped praise on his players and also on Howard for his important save after a dubious penalty.

"I'm not convinced it was a penalty. When two people go for the ball undoubtedly one is going to get there before the other and I think it is harsh," said Moyes.

"But it was a vital save. We work hard to do what we can (on penalties) but he is a good goalkeeper, he is lively and he should make penalty saves because he is very agile.

"I thought we deserved a bit of luck and the goalkeeper helped it. It was important because the players had worked incredibly hard and had got stuck in.

"We tried to get something and because of that we earned a bit of good fortune when it came around.

"I thought when it went to two each if anyone was going to make it 3-2 it was going to be Everton rather than Tottenham."