Everton boss David Moyes felt his side fully deserved to be back in Europe after the 3-1 victory over Newcastle.

Two goals from Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Joleon Lescott's 10th goal of an amazing season secured the win for Everton to ensure UEFA Cup football for next term.

It means Moyes has secured three European qualifications in four seasons and the Scot feels his side deserve the honour of playing in Europe.

He said: "We deserved it. We have been in the top five since new year, and our form has been coming back in recent games.

"We finished on a good note, with a good performance. All we lacked in the first half was the finish to underline our superiority at that stage.

"But I don't feel that we showed any nerves. We passed the ball well, and produced a really, really good performance. There was character and confidence.

"I wanted to win, I wanted 65 points. In many other seasons, that would have got us into the Champions League. When we did achieve that a couple of years ago, we did it with 61 points.

"This is one of my most pleasing seasons at the club, but I always prefer to think that the most pleasing season is still to come."

On his future at Goodison and talks of a new deal at the club, Moyes added: "I am totally relaxed about the situation. I am due for some talks maybe in a few days, maybe next week," he added.

"Every manager tries to get as much money as he can, but this board have always backed me and I don't expect that to change.

"I am more interested now in preparing for next season, getting the lads back in July and I go into that campaign with great optimism."