First and foremost, I was pleased with Everton’s showing against Manchester City on Sunday afternoon at Goodison Park.
When you look at the line-up there was a few little unexpected additions. Unfortunately and frustratingly for Sean Dyche, Vitalii Mykolenko had picked up a muscle injury the day before and was therefore unable to feature. That would have upset Dyche’s plans going into the game.
Look, we were playing against the team at the top of the Premier League, they’re top quality, they’re champions. They were always going to make a few changes here and there with the game in between their Champions League semi-final ties against Real Madrid, but they showed a lot of respect and put a strong side out against us.
