Manager on Matchday

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Good morning everyone,

We are positive heading into the game against Everton today following the three recent victories and we have to build on that now.

We hope to come away with another big three points but we are expecting an extremely difficult game on Sunday. If we continue to play like this and improve, then we have a chance.

Goodison Park is a great stadium to play at. I love the stadium, and not because I played there.

It's going to be packed, it's a great stadium and also because we have a great memory from last year.

Okay, I played there and everything but it's mostly because of the stadium and the crowd is very good there.

We know it is going to be another tough game but the players are full of confidence following the last three victories.

Everton have so many options up front. They are a very physical side, they have pace up front. They have Lukaku who has scored eight goals in 10 games against us.

So he is always scoring against us, unfortunately, so that's also going to be interesting. It will be a great game. They need points. We need points.

We had so many positives to come out of the Chelsea game on Wednesday night and one of them was seeing Andre Ayew back in action.

It's great to have him back. He's been training with the group for a couple of weeks now and came on and did really good against Chelsea. He looked fit and aggressive, so it's great to have him back.

Another big positive has been the form shown by Edimilson Fernandes since he came into the side.

It’s a great thing to see him make an impact like he has. It’s always great to see a new player doing well, especially if it’s a young player like he is.

We shouldn’t forget that he’s only 20-years-old, he came to a new country and doesn’t speak great English, so it was probably hard for him.

But since the first day, he has been really good and positive and very brave in training and you could see from the start that he’s a very talented player.

He is very comfortable on the ball in different positions and I’m sure that him, the Club, the fans and all of us are going to benefit from him, big time. He has got everything.

We know this is a cruel league and despite the start we faced, everyone stayed together and realised we were making sloppy mistakes.

We can live with the situation if players are scoring great goals against us, but we were not closing down players and we used the international break to work on those things and it clicked with the players who were coming back.

I had been in that situation before but we didn't panic and I am not that kind of a person.

But we had to change something and it was about finding the balance. Sometimes things change by themselves because they need time.

It happens to every team including the big clubs like Real Madrid who don't win for a few games and they are reportedly facing a crisis, so you cannot avoid it. It is how you react.

We now need to continue the way we are playing and it is getting better. We want to get to the position that we want.

Enjoy the game.

Slaven