David Moyes plans to celebrate 10 years in charge at Everton with a Merseyside derby win over Liver-pool at Anfield tonight.

Moyes has become one of the most respected managers in football during his reign at Goodison Park, with limited resources hampering him in comparison with the wealthier clubs in the Premier League.

Yet a typically strong second half to the current campaign by Everton has seen them beat Chelsea, Manchester City and, on Saturday, Tottenham to showcase Moyes’s talents yet again.

Meanwhile, Liverpool’s recent dreadful form has left them faced with the depressing prospect of dropping below bitter rivals Everton if they lose today.

That would be the perfect way for Moyes to mark his milestone and he said: “I still think that if we finish in the top 10 it will be a good result for us.

“After Tottenham and, with Liverpool on Tuesday, it will still be hard to finish in the top 10. We have a wee bit of momentum and some players coming back but those players were among those who weren’t performing in the early part of the season.

“We have dug in and tried to get results and now that we are getting results I am complaining the performances aren’t better.”

Everton chairman Peter Kenwright paid his own tribute to a manager whom he considers a personal friend.

Kenwright, who reiterated his position that he is attempting to sell the club, said: “It has been 10 years of absolute friendship. We’ve had maybe two what you could call rows but they would last five minutes, words rather than rows maybe.

“More than anything I want David Moyes to get that FA Cup so he can say I got you some silverware.”