Everton boss Sean Dyche urges the Toffees to find goals from all areas of the pitch to ease the pressure on his strikers
- Everton failed to find the back of the net during last weeks game against Fulham
- Sean Dyche has called on his team to find goals from all over the football pitch
- WATCH: ‘It’s All Kicking Off ‘ – Episode 1 – Mail Sport’s brand new football show
-
Everton manager Sean Dyche has urged his players to find goals from all areas of the pitch to ease the pressure on his goal-shy strikers.
The Merseyside club’s tally of 34 goals from 38 Premier
-
League matches last season was the second lowest in the top flight and a massive factor in their struggle to avoid relegation, which they did thanks to a last-day win over Bournemouth.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s expected return from injury to face Aston Villa on Sunday therefore cannot come soon enough, although the 26-year-old collected
-
more yellow cards (three) than goals (two) in 18 games last season.
-
Neal Maupay has been even less prolific since his move from Brighton in late August last year, scoring his only goal in Everton colours on September 18, 2022 in a 1-0 win over West Ham.
Maupay again drew a blank on the opening day against Fulham and was subject to online abuse following the game which was quickly condemned by the club.
-
‘Not just him, other players as well, you’ve got to keep getting into the key areas to score goals. We’re trying to make it about the team scoring goals as well, not just focusing on one player.
-
‘We did some of that since we came in last season and want to continue that, keep building on top of that.’
Asked if Maupay simply needed a fortunate goal or a tap-in to kick off a scoring streak, Dyche added: ‘You never know. The world of strikers, it can be like that, sometimes it’s not.
-
The main thing is he’s come back very, very fit, he’s working very hard for the group and I think that’s an important factor.
‘You keep getting in the right areas and goals do come your way.
‘We’ve seen it down the years, sometimes you do need a break, one that just hits you and goes in is sometimes a way of getting started again.
‘Ideally all strikers want one by design, a good run, good finish, but he gets in the right areas and continues to do that and that’s what we want him to do.’
