Sean Dyche reacts to a strong defensive performance against Arsenal

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Everton boss Sean Dyche reacts to a strong defensive performance against Arsenal  14/12/2024  Emirates Stadium, London, UK

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00:00Yeah, pleased. You know, it's highly unlikely you come to a place like this and dominate the ball.

00:06So therefore, a big part of the game is what you're doing without it.

00:08And I thought we were excellent.

00:09I thought the tactical understanding of the players and the delivery of it, you know,

00:13they understand tactics, of course they do, but it's delivering it.

00:15And I thought the focus and the attention to detail, you know,

00:18the consistency within a performance, which I've spoken about endlessly, was on show today.

00:22You know, to keep doing all the ugly stuff, the hard yards, the hard work,

00:26and work as a team to make sure that we looked after ourselves.

00:29And I thought we did that very well today.

00:31How satisfying was it to see that resilience?

00:33The last time you were away from home was at Old Trafford.

00:35It's a very different story.

00:37Yeah, I don't think we were miles off Old Trafford.

00:40Obviously, people said that, you know, I was mad saying that,

00:43but you can't legislate for three complete errors.

00:46It's very difficult to legislate from that.

00:48I don't think during the open play there was that much wrong defensively.

00:51But back to today, the commitment from the players,

00:54the teamship of the players was certainly on show.

00:57You know, you've even got wide players.

00:58It's not natural to tend to do that.

01:00You know, Illy working super hard in front of Miko, who was excellent,

01:04and Youngie on that side with Jack working hard.

01:06You know, we know Jack's got quality and he didn't quite find their moments,

01:09but he's worked so diligently.

01:10Jesper comes on, doing the same shift.

01:12You know, this is good habits from a team, a group of players,

01:15and we're getting players back fit.

01:17The feel in the camp is strong again.

01:19We've got to keep doing that, of course.

01:21It's six clean sheets.

01:22It's not easy in the Premier League.

01:25Yeah, I mean, I haven't seen all the saves,

01:29but the one to the left early in the second, that looks a big save to me.

01:32I haven't seen the other ones.

01:33I think he'd probably think he should make the other ones,

01:35but that one's a big save, I think.

01:37Great reaction, but he's got a lot of people in front of him.

01:39They're working very hard today, I think, and I'm sure he respects that.

01:45No, it's the flare-up of the one previous year,

01:47so we're hopeful it settles down again quickly.

01:50We'll have to wait and see this week.

01:55Much was made of the daunting December.

01:57You had a brilliant start to it.

01:59Well, like I said, I wasn't being flippant about it.

02:01I've been in it long enough in the Premier League.

02:03You've got to play everyone,

02:04and there will be another manager asked about it.

02:06You know, I was asked.

02:07I said Pep had been looking at his run,

02:08and then people somehow thought I was putting myself in his category.

02:11I wasn't.

02:12I was just merely saying as a manager,

02:13he'll still be looking at his run.

02:14They'll be looking.

02:15All the press will be going,

02:16oh, look, they've got a tricky one coming up.

02:18That's the way it is.

02:19It's football management.

02:20It's in the Premier League,

02:21arguably the best league in the world,

02:23so you're going to have spells when it's awkward and it's tough.

02:25It's how you deal with it,

02:26and we've certainly dealt with one today really well,

02:28I think, by the attitude towards it.

02:30It doesn't guarantee the next one,

02:31but we had to take this on with the right frame of mind,

02:33body language, intent and desire,

02:35and we certainly did that.

02:36Janine?

02:37John, did you have to sacrifice attacking half-court today?

02:40Sorry?

02:41Did you have to sacrifice attacking half-court today?

02:44Yeah, you often do at grounds like this.

02:46You know, like I said at the beginning,

02:48it's very unlikely that you're going to come and dominate the ball.

02:50It's very unlikely statistically

02:52that you're going to dominate the chances,

02:53and so therefore you've got to do all the tactical side really,

02:57really well.

02:58These can operate in different ways.

02:59This year, the prowess from the set-pieces,

03:01not only their general play,

03:03you've got to deal with that,

03:04and I thought the players gave a great performance day in that respect.

03:09Working hard without the ball is still a skill.

03:11It's not something that's just a given.

03:13The tactical ideas of the team,

03:15the way that the coaches have worked this week diligently

03:17to make sure everyone knows their jobs,

03:19but then inevitably it comes down to the delivery,

03:21and they've delivered it very, very well today.

03:23Could there have been so much different delays?

03:26Yeah, delays on it.

03:28I mean, it's a great breakaway.

03:29We only found two or three really good quality moments

03:32when we got into the right area.

03:34We know that's been a challenge, an ongoing challenge.

03:36If he striked it earlier, you never know,

03:38but we're not going to be too greedy today.

03:40It's hard to come to these places and deliver both ends of the pitch,

03:43you know, defensively strong and in attack.

03:45We certainly got the defensive side and the tactical side right today.

03:48There's one over here, is there?

03:50Hi, Sean.

03:51A lot longer the managers usually get to prepare for a game for this one.

03:54Was there anything particularly identified about Arsenal

03:56that you thought you could get at from them?

03:58No, I mean, you know, we've known them under this manager a few seasons.

04:02Obviously the tactical, sorry, the set-piece thing,

04:04there's been a lot of noise about that.

04:06We know you've got to be diligent to that.

04:08But no, I think we look at our side, you know,

04:10we look at what we can do.

04:11Of course we make the players aware of the opposition,

04:14but often it's our delivery of performance,

04:16so I'm pleased with that, you know,

04:17and we simplified it for the players.

04:18We didn't start over again, loads and loads of detail.

04:20The basics, you know, the shape of the side,

04:22the pressing shape to recover, and then move as a unit.

04:26And I thought, it sounds really simple,

04:28it's not simple when you're out there

04:29and you've got a team trying to pick that to bits,

04:31but I thought their diligence today was excellent.

04:35Sorry, Sean, you mentioned the set-pieces.

04:38It's a big issue at this club because it's an unusual thing for Arsenal.

04:41They've been vulnerable set-pieces in the past.

04:45You've got big centre-halves and some big lads on the team.

04:48Did you go through them bit by bit?

04:51No, no, no.

04:52The staff do that.

04:53I don't do it.

04:54I've made it clear.

04:56Woney and Stoney, my assistants, if you like,

04:58they do it with the analytics team.

04:59They do a really good job.

05:01They certainly make players aware of different things.

05:03Their start at XI today was miles bigger than ours physically.

05:07It was a big start at XI that, you know,

05:08which Arsenal can mix and match because they've got lots of good players,

05:11of course, and a deep squad.

05:13But, yeah, I was pleased with that side of things defensively.

05:16The whole thing, really, defensively.

05:18Jordan made a couple of saves, one big one,

05:20but you think down here you're probably going to have a keeper who makes saves.

05:24So, yeah, I mean, it was just the diligence from the staff,

05:27but mainly from the players, you know.

05:28Lots of staffs are diligent, you know, all over the country.

05:30We all have analytics,

05:31although it makes a story that this new manager's got all these things.

05:34Everyone's got all these things.

05:35The players deserve credit because when they get out there,

05:37they've got to deliver on the knowledge that they've been given on any given Saturday

05:41and today we delivered that really well.

05:42Weren't you saying you were set to be specialists?

05:45No, they're not set to be specialists and all that.

05:48You know, they've had thousands of games in what they do.

05:52They've both got all the licences.

05:54I would expect they certainly know how to sort that piece out,

05:57I would imagine, as I do myself, but I leave it to them.

06:03Jordan, you play Arsenal,

06:04do you know a lot of the tactics when they come down that right side?

06:07Do you know of any teams,

06:08given all the golf and soccer,

06:09that are so quiet?

06:10What do you think was the key to that?

06:12Yeah, again, the diligence of the players.

06:14We show heat maps, like everyone does,

06:16about different attacking units,

06:18you know, and where we have to make sure that we're working hard.

06:21Duke, who I thought was exceptional today with his work ethic for the team.

06:24I thought the three in midfield were actually the way they worked.

06:27Manga as well, putting in a shift.

06:28And obviously, Gannon with his understanding,

06:31you know, he's a wild old fox, Gannon.

06:33He knows the script.

06:34He's played at lots of different clubs and, you know, had real experience.

06:36But, yeah, we didn't just look at that area.

06:39I said before the game, I was talking about set pieces,

06:41I said they've still got, you know, some fantastic players

06:43and they can change at will and they can change things tactically

06:46and different ways of playing in different formats.

06:48And they've showed that even more so this year

06:50with the strength in set pieces.

06:52So, you know, I'm pleased for the players

06:54and the way that we went about it.

06:56But it wasn't just one thing.

06:57You know, there's lots of different things they can do in other ways.

07:00But the way that we formatted it, I was really pleased with that as a staff.

07:03But the players' delivery is the biggest credit.

07:07Any further questions?

07:10Thanks, everyone.

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