David Moyes will make sure that Everton “will not take their foot off the pedal” heading into the final phase of the campaign.
With nine matches remaining, the Toffees are eighth in the league standings with 43 points following back-to-back wins over Newcastle United and Burnley. While the dream of European qualification is well within their reach, the Blues will face a stern test with consecutive games lined up against Arsenal and Chelsea in the coming weeks.
Moyes, however, is confident that his players will “give everything they can” in the coming weeks to ensure a strong finish to the campaign.
“Nine games to go now, and we need to try to keep ourselves pushing, and try to keep going,” he said.
“We’ll not take our foot off the pedal. We’ll try to get the players in the best condition and do everything we can for those games coming up.”
Speaking of Everton’s improved form of late, Moyes added, “We’re seeing a much-improved Ili and Gana after coming back from the Africa Cup of Nations.
“And also, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s improving greatly because he’s just beginning to get back to where he was before the hamstring injury.
“I think getting those players back on form is helping us play better and helping us get a bit better rhythm.
“We’ve been lacking a little bit of balance since Jack Grealish went out of the team.
“We’re still pushing the centre-forwards to try to get us goals – we need those boys, both (Thierno) Barry and Beto to get us goals.”