Wolves enjoyed the better of the opening 15 minutes but crumbled as Jermaine Beckford headed the opener before Neville and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov scored stunning goals to put the visitors 3-0 up at the break. Mick McCarthy's men never looked like mounting a second-half fightback and Neville praised the spirit shown by the Merseysiders. "The gaffer told us to play the ball forward with our pace up front and we didn't do that early on," he told Sky Sports 2. "But our Premier League experience showed in the end. We showed a good spirit and we should probably have scored four or five before the break. We have a nice run going." Neville's goal was only his fourth for Everton and he joked that he was disappointed to see Bilyaletdinov better his own strike with a scorching drive of his own. He said: "I was gutted when Billy tucked it in! But with the players we have out we are showing a spirit and strength and hopefully we can look at the teams above us now." Everton are currently without the likes of Louis Saha, Tim Cahill, Mikel Arteta and Marouane Fellaini and defender Phil Jagielka hopes the experience young guns such as Magaye Gueye and Apostolos Vellios are picking up will benefit the club in the long term. "If you look at the team we have a few fresh faces and it's a hard debut for them with the predicament Wolves are in," he said. "The gaffer is being positive, we don't have many fit guys in the squad but the young lads are getting experience and hopefully it will work for us in future seasons."
