Sean Dyche has hailed both match-winner Dwight McNeil and Everton’s fans for enabling the player to turn things around in what has been a difficult debut season at Goodison Park.
McNeil’s fine strike against Brentford after just 35 seconds, which even drew plaudits from opposition manager Thomas Frank, proved enough to secure a 1-0 win for Everton and the winger was later his side’s hero at the other end, clearing Ethan Pinnock’s goal-bound header off the line, scooping the highest mark in the ECHO’s player ratings.
Dyche, who handed McNeil his debut at Burnley as an 18-year-old, is delighted with how the Rochdale-born winger has enjoyed a revival in fortunes since the pair were reunited after what had been a tough campaign for him since his £20million transfer from Turf Moor last summer.
