Speaking following the game the energetic midfielder admitted that he was very pleased with a point. “It was a battling point. You could see at the end how we are delighted with that. We have been on a bad run and a lot has been in the press over the last couple of weeks - some right stuff and some wrong stuff. We have got a big spirit in the training ground and we deserved a point and we can push on from here.
"It is a statement of character. We needed to come out and show we have a siege mentality. We have gone down twice at Goodison and kept going. It is a good starting point. It is going to be tough for the rest of the season but we are up for it."