Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored the only goal of the match against West Ham, giving Everton a crucial win. West Ham’s hopes of Champions League football now look highly unlikely to happen. Carlo Ancelotti was happy with Calvert Lewin’s performance and praised the Englishman.
“Calvert-Lewin – and also Richarlison – did fantastic work for the team,” Ancelotti said. “I asked them to play vertical and to attack around the back. They did this a lot of times. The goal he scored today is a goal of a top striker.”
” It’s a goal where the striker prepares his movement and moves at the right time with a lot of speed and then he was cold in front of the goalkeeper. He hasn’t scored a lot of goals like this. He’s scored most of his goals from crosses or with one touch in the box. This is a goal of a top striker.”
When asked about team’s performance the Italian boss said:” We defended really well and it was not easy. But we covered the spaces in between well and tried to play on the counter attack.”
“In the second half we could do better but it doesn’t matter. All the times when we have won away it is this kind of performance, and with this we have won 11 away games. This is a lot.”
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“It was a vital victory because if we didn’t win here, we’d be out of the fight for Europe,” Ancelotti continued. “There was pressure on the game but we managed it well. We played defensively at the top, and were really dangerous on the counter-attack.
“The players understood the importance of this game. The attitude, the spirit and the motivation was really high today. It must be the same against Aston Villa. It’s important the players feel the game.
“We are not a possession team because we have different qualities. The correlation between possession and victory is not for football, it is for another sport. We knew that this was a vital game and there is another on Thursday so we have to be ready.
“The attitude is the base of this team as without the attitude we are dead.”
