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Match Thread Everton v Tottenham Hotspur.- FA Cup 5th Rd.- Wednesday - 8.15pm

Everton Man of the Match


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More Jose press after game stuff


How do you make sense of what happened tonight when you started so well

We played amazingly well when we had the ball. We started created chances immediately from the first minute. We were very creative, very dynamic. Of course in the extra time, that finesse, that quality dropped, which is normal when you get into extra time.

But the team was very creative, very dynamic, very happy, which is something I'm asking from the players, which is a happy team when we have the ball. So happy with that.
Don't make me speak please too much about the defensive mistakes we made, because that's obvious and I don't feel comfortable to be speaking about that.
In a straight line to saying we played amazingly well with the ball and we made mistakes and were punished by it.


When you go through it with your players, will you focus on the character they showed or the mistakes?

The character was very good. Very good. We played two days ago, we have to play in two days time, played 90 minutes plus 30. Fighting, playing, character amazing. The team is together, is fighting together, played very well in the last Premier League match, today in terms of that creation that dynamic they were very, very good again. Big effort by everybody.


Harry Kane played the best part of an hour, was that the last thing you wanted with that big game coming at the weekend?

Yeah, it’s true, but Harry played 60 and others they played 120. Of course we didn’t want to go to extra-time and that’s what we tried to do during the 90 minutes was to win in 90 minutes.
We showed that since minute one, we showed that when the score was 3-3. The guys they always try to win the match. That was the fantastic thing.

Where was Gareth Bale tonight? Is he fit?

Well I think it's better for me to say. So we played against West Bromwich on the Sunday and he didn't play. On Monday I was a little bit surprised by him wanting to have a scan because he was not comfortable with some muscular area.

So he didn't train on Monday and then on Tuesday he trained with the team but I was informed that his desire would be to work with the sports science for a couple of days to strengthen that area where he's not feeling comfortable. That's the reason why he's not here.

Is this an injury that will keep him out for the weekend?

I don’t think it is an obvious clear injury.
I would says he feels uncomfortable and because of that the training session he couldn’t be 100 percent, but I don’t think we can speak about an injury.


You've spoken in the past about wanting players to make themselves available even with little problems, do you want Gareth Bale to say he can play despite feeling a bit uncomfortable?

Sorry, this is Everton match press conference and Gareth was not here and the only thing I can say about Gareth was the question that I was asked and I wanted to make it very clear the situation which I'm being completely open and honest about.
 

For the second game running, young Tom deserved to win MOM but not got my vote.

Tonight it goes to Bernard. The amount of stick he got in here after coming on was ridiculous, but he answered them all in the best way possible.

He's a good squad player for us, capable of moments like tonight and I'm glad he's still here.

Absolutely fantastic to see Seamus showing some form and fitness too. And hopefully Richy uses that game and those 2 excellent goals to kickstart his season. Also Siggy showing why we paid so much money for him. We know he's capable of it, just a shame he doesn't do it more often.
 

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