Michael Carrick

Michael, your keeper told us that it wasn't the prettiest, but you're going to take that, aren't you?

And the clean sheet that came with it.

The fact that you hadn't played for a while, did that affect the performance at all?

It was a bit of a slog, wasn't it?

You used the word click there.

Three summer signings, they all clicked, didn't they, for the goal?

And what kind of impact is he going to make going forward?

Has he done enough for you to maybe have a think about perhaps starting him from the top?

You're definitely in a good place.

Thank you, Michael.

David, despite the scoreline, are you relatively happy with what you saw out there?

Was it a lack of concentration as well that led to their goal?

Because you were on top in that spell.

Double digits as well on the corner count.

Law of averages would suggest that one of them, maybe two of them, would have gone your way.

And when you look at the bigger picture, the support, you could hear them, the supporters chanting Everton, applauding the players off the pitch.

They could see the effort that was put in there tonight.

David, thank you.

It's just different.

It's just different.