ANDONI Iraola insists “it is too early to take big conclusions” on Everton, feeling they have performed better than their points tally suggests.
Sean Dyche’s Toffees have picked up four points from their seven Premier League matches so far, including losing all four of their matches at Goodison Park.
Having failed to score in home defeats against Fulham, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Arsenal, they were beaten 2-1 by Luton Town last weekend.
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Discussing the challenge posed by Everton tomorrow, Iraola said: “They have won in these four games, but it is too early to take big conclusions.
“In every individual game, something happened. I feel that they have been the better side in a lot of games they have played, it is true. Especially the games they’ve played at home.
“The other day they were better, the Wolves game they were better, they won a very good match against Brentford away. They are very good in certain aspects of the game.
“We have to be ready to defend a lot of crosses. They have very good wingers.
“I don’t know the two that will start, but they have very good wingers.
“They have a lot of players arriving to their box and they are having chances, so we have to be ready to defend a lot of crosses, to defend set-plays, because they are one of the best at doing these things.”
He added: “I think they are physically very powerful. They have players that cover a lot of space.
“That’s why they are so good on second balls, with (Abdoulaye) Doucoure, (Amadou) Onana and they make their pitch big.
“Even (Jordan) Pickford with his long balls, his kick is very, very long.
“So you have to be ready in two or three seconds to defend inside your box.
“It reminds me a little bit of the game we played in Brentford (a 2-2 draw in September).
“It is not the same, but this kind of game where you feel you are good and then you are defending a long free-kick or you have to be very good inside your box.”
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