A win for Everton on Sunday will guarantee their safety. However, if they do not get the win, then the Toffees must rely on other results to bail them out.
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Everton have all to do in their final game of the season against Bournemouth in the Premier League. The contest at Goodison Park could determine the Toffees’ safety. Everton are sitting at the 17th spot with 33 points from 37 games. they are two points above 18th and 19th placed Leicester City and Leeds United. A win for Everton on Sunday will guarantee their safety. However, if they do not get the win, then the Toffees must rely on other results to bail them out.
Sean Dyche, manager of Everton, wants the players to focus on every minute of every game. It is something similar to how Everton scored a 99th-minute equaliser against Wolves in their last Premier League game. “The focus should be on every game. My consistent message to the players has been that every game is important, and that every minute of every game is important,” Dyche was quoted as saying by their club’s website in his pre-match press conference.
“We showed that against Wolves – the mentality to take on every minute of the game until the final whistle, and we did that. We might have to do that again, but we should be doing that because that’s what the intention is. That’s the consistency I talk about. It’s the mentality to play hard every game and to go into every game to win. It’s no different in that respect; playing to win.”
Sean Dyche wants his players to focus on the good stuff they have achieved in the team and how important it is for them to focus on it. “We’ve been speaking more about our values, what we stand for, and how we want to approach the game. They’re the ideas behind it, the feeling behind it, the energy behind the group, and taking the task on. Like I say, it’s one of those things we’ve been trying to drum into the players since we got here. We’ve seen good signs of it at times. We’ve got to remember the good work that’s been done, but then use it to our advantage,” he added.
It is set to be a pressure-filled encounter on Sunday when Everton host Bournemouth. However, Dyche feels that is how it should be for a club as the size of Everton. “The fact is we should be under pressure because that’s what we want for this group. At the end of the day, this is Everton Football Club. That’s the demand of being at the Club. I’ve learned that very quickly, so every game should be a pressurised occasion, because that’s being a professional footballer,” he elaboarated.
“It’s not just about playing the last game of the season. That should be every time you run on a football pitch. That’s what the job in hand is and that’s what I’ve come to know in my career as a player, a coach, and a manager. That’s what the players learn every week. There’s a demand on every performance.”
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