Sean Dyche gives Abdoulaye Doucoure injury update and reacts to Everton win at Burnley

Everton manager Sean Dyche hopes that he got Abdoulaye Doucoure off the field quick enough in the 2-0 win at Burnley to avoid serious injury trouble for his top scorer after losing Vitalii Mykolenko the day before the game.

The Blues romped to a fourth consecutive win against their boss’ previous employers but Doucoure was taken off at half-time with the visitors already two goals ahead. Asked how the midfielder was, Dyche said: “He’s another one, he let us know the last five minutes of the first half he had a tightness in his hamstring, tightness can lead to problems so we’re hopeful we got him off in time because we are getting stretched at the moment.”

Everton, who were already without Jarrad Branthwaite and Idrissa Gueye through suspension after the pair both picked up their fifth yellow cards of the season against Chelsea, plus Ashley Young and Seamus Coleman through injury, were forced to switch to a 5-4-1 formation after Vitalii Mykolenko’s late withdrawal with an injury that makes him doubtful for Tuesday's Carabao Cup quarter-final clash at home to Fulham. But Dyche was pleased with how the squad responded. He said: “I’m delighted, particularly as a manager, with the second half given the tactical understanding of the side who were pieced together. Yesterday morning we lost Myko (Vitalii Mykolenko) with a tight groin and because we’ve got injuries and suspensions, we can’t risk players at the minute so we’ve had to change everything in a morning.

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“Their acceptance to go and deliver a performance that could win and was very pleasing was something we’ve worked