Everton supervisor Carlo Ancelotti stated Monday’s 0-0 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion had dented their hopes of European soccer subsequent season however with eight video games left his facet aren’t out of the working.
Everton have now gone 4 straight Premier League video games with no win, Monday’s end result coming after a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace and back-to-back losses to Burnley and Chelsea.
Ancelotti’s facet are eighth on 48 factors, 4 factors behind sixth-placed Liverpool and 7 behind fourth-placed West Ham, who’ve each performed a recreation extra.
“Of course, the fight is more difficult now, but we’re still in the fight,” Ancelotti advised reporters.
“It’s a point through good team spirit … although with the ball we could do better, we had difficulties to build up from the back, we missed a lot of passes. We weren’t able to reach our strikers with efficiency.
“Now in the next eight games that we have to play, there’s a lot to play for and teams are really close to us.”
Everton have been with out top-scorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin on account of an abductor downside and misplaced Yerry Mina to harm throughout the recreation, ruling him out of Friday’s go to of Tottenham Hotspur.
Jordan Pickford, Allan, Andre Gomes, Joshua King and Jean-Philippe Gbamin are additionally nursing accidents.
“Of course, it’s a difficult moment because we have a lot of players out but I hope to recover some for Friday and fight against Tottenham,” Ancelotti stated.
Everton additionally stated in an announcement that Cenk Tosun had undergone surgical procedure in Turkey after rupturing his patella tendon whereas on mortgage at Besiktas. He will return to England for his rehabilitation.
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