Sean Dyche was honest about Everton’s performance after the draw with Fulham

Everton head coach Sean Dyche shared his reaction to his team snatching a Premier League point at home to Fulham

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 26: Sean Dyche, Everton manager, reacts during the Premier League match between Everton and Fulham at Goodison Park on October 26, 2024 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Lewis Storey/Getty Images)

Sean Dyche, Everton manager, reacts to his team’s 1-1 draw with Fulham at Goodison Park.(Image: Lewis Storey/Getty Images)

Sean Dyche admitted Everton’s performance fell below his expectations after they needed a stoppage-time equalizer to grab a point against Fulham. Alex Iwobi’s second-half strike separated the teams in the final minutes, allowing second-half substitute Beto to head in to salvage a 1-1 draw.

The striker’s tilted header extended Everton’s unbeaten run to five matches and allowed Dyche to praise another example of his team’s resilience demonstrated during this run.

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But he didn’t try to sugarcoat what was a difficult performance. The Blues boss said: “We still haven’t figured out the game. We were a little better in the second half but not by much and then in the last 10 minutes you could feel like we were knocking on the door and when we scored I wasn’t that surprised because I felt the energy and the feel of the game intensified. has changed, albeit for a small team.”

A late squall came with Beto he was joined by a central defender Michael Keane after Dwight McNeil limped with Dominic Calvert-Lewin have already been withdrawn.

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The aerial bombardment paid dividends as Ashley Young crossed for Beto to score his first league goal.

Dyche said: “I thought we were missing what we had. On the other hand, the balance of football is that it lasts over 90 minutes and I asked the players to be relentless and I thought that showed.

“We changed players, changed the feel of the game, obviously just went forward and played their back line as many times as we could in the last 10 minutes and put Keane in there and it worked.

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“Sometimes this is what you need to do to take care of yourself in Premier LeagueIt’s something I’ve had to do many times before and I’m glad it worked.”

When asked why he thinks Everton he had a hard time, he said: “The hardest thing for a manager is when we have a collective downturn. It was a really positive training week after a really good performance and a very controlled away game.

“Everyone was ready, but we came up with an approach where everyone waited for someone else to do something.

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“Everyone was waiting for a teammate (to do something) or someone to score a goal, and we almost did it. I think Dom’s heel was offside (that was banned in the first half) and it was a great cross from (Vitaliy) Mikolenko that Dwight heads in and you hope he gets it in another day. It could change the whole feeling.”