David Jones

I'm sure I thought it was brilliant today in there.

And...

It was a great result from Everton's perspective, but Aston Villa just didn't handle the occasion very well today.

But did Everton equally?

We heard from James Garner there, didn't we, saying, well, the idea was to block off the passing lanes and force them out wide.

So for all you can flip it on Villa and their pressure, you also have to give credit for Everton not allowing them to play how they wanted to play, do you?

Yeah, of course you do.

And I think that Everton would have worked on that during the week.

You know, everyone knows Unai Emery's teams.

They want to play through the middle, play through, you know, the centre midfielders and, you know, through Morgan Rodgers.

And when you block them and send them wide, you know, that's a win.

That's a bonus for you and everyone on the team.

So, of course, that's what they've been working on.

You know, Taki said it at half-time.

Jimmy said it after the game that, you know, we need to stay narrow, stay in shape and frustrate them.

And, you know, they did that in massive parts of the game.

And when you do do that and you get the chance

But they snatched at chances today.

They were never clean in everything they did.

Everything felt a bit of a hurry, a bit of a snatch, a bit of...