Sean Dyche denies pressure claim and repeats Everton message after Wolves win

Sean Dyche reacts after his Everton side bounced back in style to win 4-0 at home to Wolves in the Premier League

Sean Dyche instructs his Everton players as Wolves boss Gary O’Neil watches on (Image: Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Sean Dyche re-iterated his pride in his players after Everton delivered a resounding win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Blues clinched just their third win of the Premier League campaign with a 4-0 victory, opening up a five point gap to the visitors – and the bottom three – in the process.

It was a result that relieved the mounting pressure on Dyche and his team after a disappointing start to the campaign and following their collapse against Manchester United on Sunday.

Asked how the win felt against that backdrop, Dyche said after the match: “I don’t think we have been under any more pressure than I have ever been under here. This is a pressurised situation. We have spoken about that openly and I have spoken about the challenges here.

“The players have delivered a very good performance. I said in the week how proud I am of them. I told them first before I told [the media], and I am, they’ve been through all kinds of challenges here, constantly, as well as I have.

“But sometimes it’s tough on the players and I think to come out of it and deliver again is pleasing for them. It’s only another step, we know that, there’s many more to go, but it’s a good step and it’s a very positive step I thought with the way we went about our business. “

The Blues will now host Liverpool in the final Goodison Park Merseyside league derby on Saturday, with this home win providing a much-needed confidence boost ahead of that game.

The squad will be back in work at Finch Farm on Thursday in preparation for that – something Dyche immediately reminded them of after the final whistle.

On what this display said of his players as they came back from tough recent results, he added: “It says the same as what I know about them. The challenges come thick and fast here, on the pitch, off the pitch, all the noise that they have to deal with and they just keep going. And they’ve kept going again tonight.

“But that’s only a temporary moment in time because the next one is a big one, we know that, and every game here is a big one. So I remember that.

“But I said: ‘Look, enjoy tonight’. We’re in tomorrow, as they know, and we’ll prep for the next one. So the business carries on, the work never stops here. And that’s what I spoke about in the week, it is constant hard work from all involved.”