“It’s going to be a tricky task, we’re gong to have to get up for it again, but if we show the spirit we showed again and a bit more then you never know”.
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Roberto Martinez has told Everton fans he accepts – and shares – their frustration and anger at an unacceptable season from their club, as the Toffees prepare to face Crystal Palace.
They are now 11 points above 18th-placed Sunderland with five games to play and appear safe after putting together a three-game unbeaten run to stop their 2016 rot, having snapped their 14-game run without a win against Norwich on Saturday. It’s another big night for us at home and I’m hoping if we can recreate an atmosphere we did against Norwich that would be great.
“The pressure is off the backs, that extra weight, and we’ve got that now”.
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Delaney, Dann, Ward, Souaré, Cabaye, Jedinak, Puncheon, Bolasie (Adebayor 66′), Zaha (Sako 77′), Gayle (Wickham 46′).
Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has spoken about how he has full faith in his players and how changing tactics and formations would have eroded the trust within the group.
And that meant the visitors were grateful for the efforts of keeper Joel Robles as Palace turned the screw.
Palace, who pressed hard for the victor, made a purposeful start and had Everton under the kosh, peppering the box with cross after cross after cross.
Everton were down to 10 men in the 52nd minute when McCarthy, already booked for a first-half foul on Yohan Cabaye, blocked Yannick Bolasie to earn a second yellow that saw him sent off. But Everton created their first opening when Leighton Baines’ deep cross was met by a Seamus Coleman volley and Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey did well to deflect away for a corner.
The win over the Canaries ended a run of 13 Premier League games without a win, and was a much-needed confidence booster ahead of the Everton, Arsenal and Manchester United.
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“If it’s signed, I’m not 100 percent sure, but he’s a player who scores goals and we’ve missed him for long periods this season”.
