I didn't expect a result against Arsenal - but I was not happy with Sean Dyche's comments about Everton

Look, we've put ourselves under a lot of pressure by not getting points on the board before this game.

Did I expect us to get anything out of Arsenal? No, I probably didn't. The only hope we could hold on to was our record against them over the last four or five seasons where we've shown a bit of grit and determination.

The game I thought was very, very passive. Sean Dyche set up the side he thought would have been best but straight from kick-off we were guilty of letting Arsenal - and not just them, Fulham and Wolves too - dictate possession. What happens then is exactly what the opposition want to happen.

Nobody likes to come to Goodison Park, but straight from the off we didn't get out of our half. You give players like Declan Rice and Oleksandr Zinchenko the space to do whatever they felt like - speed the tempo, slow the tempo - and that quietens the fans down and gets Arsenal into a rhythm.

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We were just moving side-to-side, forward and backwards without pressing, there was a lack of intensity similar to the first half against Fulham, just happy to have eleven men behind the ball.

Was I expecting a result? No, but I was not happy with that performance and I was not happy with Sean Dyche's comments after the game. He says we're not a million miles away, but from that performance we are.

You play a game of football to win, Arsenal are pushing for a league title but they're human beings, you've got to push them. Great players, average players, poor players - they don't like being put under pressure, people in their face trying to force an error,