Everton shot up to the third place in the Premiership after they won an adrenaline-packed 1-0 clash against Charlton Athletic at Goodison Park.
Tomasz Radzinski opened the scoring with a 31st minute goal but the Addicks couldn't find an equaliser and left empty-handed, lingering in 16th place in the League.
Alan Curbishley's team faced one of their toughest battles, against a team that have yet to lose a Premiership match at home this season.
In the 14th minute the visitors were presented with a good opportunity to score as Claus Jensen brought the ball down faultlessly into the box, but, just two yards from goal, the Danish midfielder tripped and the ball rolled into the hands of Blues keeper Richard Wright.
It was the home team who opened the scoring in the 31st minute when Radzinski executed a powerful right-footed shot to place a Thomas Gravesen pass into the bottom of the net.
And in an exciting second half David Unsworth almost made it 2-0 for the Blues when he beat off two defenders to take a shot from 10 yards, only for it to fall just wide of the goal.
David Moyes left Everton wonder-kid Wayne Rooney on the bench for the first 45 minutes of play, but the 17-year-old star striker was brought on in the 72nd minute and ten minutes later experienced his first booking.
The feisty teenager ran at Charlton's Chris Powell as he prepared to take a free-kick and the referee promptly pulled out a yellow card.
The Addicks had a chance to equalise just five minutes before the whistle when Scott Parker ran the length of the pitch, keeping the ball away from hungry Everton players.
The midfielder hit a right-footed shot 20 yards out, but the impressive strike skimmed the crossbar and flew over