BATE Borisov 1 Everton 2:EVERTON SHRUGGED off the loss of 10 first-team players to record a superb victory in the Europa League in Belarus last night thanks to Tim Cahill's goal 13 minutes from time.

In the process, David Moyes’ side have taken a massive step towards securing a place in the next stage after their second successive win in the group.

Cahill capped a superb comeback after Marouane Fellaini had hauled the Toffees level in the 68th minute with his first goal of the season.

It was no more than Everton deserved after Joseph Yobo became the latest casualty because of a thigh injury. In his absence Tony Hibbert was drafted in alongside Sylvain Distin in central defence.

BATE made the breakthrough with Dmitri Likhtarovich scoring a goal out of the blue, latching onto a loose ball 30 yards out and thumping a shot high over goalkeeper Tim Howard.

Everton equalised in the 68th minute when Leighton Baines’ free-kick was headed home by Fellaini at the far post. They then went ahead in the 77th minute after Bilyaletdinov headed the ball on and Cahill sprung the offside trap before hoisting a shot over the goalkeeper.

BATE BORISOV: Veremko, Yurevich, Shitov, Sosnovskiy, Bordachov, Pavlov (Volodko 78), Likhtarovich (Goaryan 81), Krivets, Rodionov, Nekhaychik, Skavysh (Stasevich 28). Subs not used: Hutar, Radkov, Baga, Rzhevskiy. Booked: Shitov, Krivets.

EVERTON: Howard, Gosling, Hibbert, Distin, Baines, Osman, Cahill, Fellaini, Bilyaletdinov (Baxter 90), Jo, Yakubu (Agard 79). Subs not used: Nash, Duffy, Wallace, Mustafi, Akpan. Booked: Osman, Agard.

Referee: Pavel Balaj (Romania).