Fellaini out for rest of season

Fellaini was taken off injured in the game against Sunderland on Saturday

Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury he suffered in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Sunderland.

The Belgium international, 23, had to go off just before half-time following a challenge with Stephane Sessegnon.

“Marouane is out for the season – he’ll have an operation on Monday,” said Everton boss David Moyes after Tuesday’s FA Cup 1-0 defeat by Reading.

And midfielder Tim Cahill is also out for three weeks with a foot injury.

That injury had ruled Cahill out of Tuesday’s FA Cup fifth-round match with Championship Reading, who stunned their Premier League rivals by earning victory at Goodison park with a sole Matt Mills strike in the first half.

The result heaps further misery on Everton, who had beaten Chelsea in the previous round and were favourites to book a place in the quarter-finals.

Last season Fellaini was out of action for about six months after he underwent ankle surgery in February 2010.