STEVE WIGLEY need look no further than his Everton counterpart David Moyes to see how things can turn around.

Last year it was highly-rated young boss Moyes who was struggling to keep Everton afloat with his team fighting hard but not having any breaks.

This year it is Wigley's turn to be in that position and Leon Osman's last-gasp winner at Goodison Park just compounded Saints' bad run.

It stretched Wigley's run of league games without a win to seven and extended Saints' miserable league run at Everton to just two wins in 27 outings.

It was also the second time in three seasons that Saints have endured a miserable ending at Goodison - in March 2003 goals in the 83rd and 90th minutes from Thomasz Radzinski gave Moyes' men a dramatic success.

Moyes said: "I feel a little bit sorry for Steve because his team worked so hard to get something from the game.

"Two seasons ago we won a lot of games with late goals and last season we lost a lot of games with late goals, so it goes in circles.

"We thought we would have to take a point, but it's always nice like that and it was a great finish from young Leon."

He added: "Well I think it's a three-horse race now. Everton, Chelsea and Arsenal. That's a tongue in cheek remark, mind you. I'll be watching to see how you report that.

"We've won six Premiership games already, which not many teams have done, and we have deserved to win all six.

"We're in third place in the table on merit and that's a credit to all the players.

"The lads were great. They stuck at it throughout, worked so hard and created a load of chances. The only thing we lacked was the finish, which arrived late on."

Moyes picked up the Premiership manager of the month award for September before the match and was clearly delighted with the way his season has started - and, in particular, 23-year-old Osman who scored the vital goal.

"I don't know if anybody else could have scored if the ball had fallen to them in that position," said Moyes, whose team have now shipped just one goal in their last six league matches.

"He knew exactly where the goal was and it was a fantastic finish. He did superbly to get the ball away from the player's legs, there were still three or four players around him and he managed to find the corner of the net.

"Ossie is a terrific little footballer. He can play several roles, which he has done for us in different games and he always gives us his best.

"The result was thoroughly deserved. The players kept going and, even though we didn't take the opportunities we had, our heads never dropped and we got that winning goal. It's another clean sheet, it's another 1-0 win and it's another week when we're third.

"A couple of years ago we made a habit of scoring late goals, last year we made a habit of conceding late goals. We scored a late one today and it's a fantastic feeling to win another game. Long may it continue."