Sean Dyche in no doubts about what he's searching for during Everton break

Sean Dyche is under no illusion over what the priority is for Everton’s break between games - finding goals.

The Blues boss’ frustration was clear in the post match interviews at Old Trafford last weekend - a game in which he believed his side’s lack of ruthlessness had been costly.

Everton recorded 23 shots against Manchester United but none of the six on target hit the back of Andre Onana’s net. Beto’s header was the only goal achieved from 22 efforts - including a penalty - in the defeat to West Ham United seven days earlier.

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Across the last four Premier League matches, Everton have scored just three goals and taken just two points from 70 attempts on their opposition goal.

Training clips released by the club from the squad’s work in Portugal this week showed players hitting the back of the net - few more emphatically than Michael Keane, the centre back widely regarded as one of the best finishers at the club and the subject of plenty of quips that he could be the solution for what has been a long term issue with scoring goals.

Now the players have returned from the Algarve the squad will continue its work at Finch Farm, where Dyche will have an almost full complement of attacking options to work with.

While his defensive unit has been dismantled by senior international call-ups for Jordan Pickford, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitalii Mykolenko and Nathan Patterson, only Youssef Chermiti, who will join up with the Portugal Under-21 squad, will be absent at the other end of the pitch. That creates vital time for the likes