“We know we haven’t given you guys enough to shout about recently, so it was nice to see you all celebrating a big and important victory in the sunshine. Your support, as ever, means the world to each and every one of us, and we always want to repay it with what we do on the pitch.
“I hope you can see how much we are fighting, and how much we want to turn things around. We have suffered a lot of setbacks and disappointments this season, but one thing we must always do is stick together no matter what. If we do that, we will come out the other side stronger.
“I have said many times previously that every single player has to be ready to deliver, every single day, and I want to give a special mention here to Freddie Woodman, who epitomised that mentality at Everton.
“Freddie is a very popular member of the squad, a top professional who works hard every day. He probably didn’t expect his opportunity to arrive when it did, and in the manner it did with Giorgi Mamardashvili going off injured, but he stepped up and showed he was ready, and that is what we need from everybody.
