Dyche happy with performance as Everton draw at City

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Dyche happy with performance as Everton draw at City   26/12/2024  Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK

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00:00Are you all right, mate? Long time no see, you OK?

00:13You've been on your own, haven't you?

00:20Before we start, guys, we're going to do this press conference in three stages,

00:24so the first part will be reflecting on today's game,

00:27then we'll do our preview stuff for the Nottingham Forest game,

00:31so there'll be a section for broadcasters which will be embargoed until 12pm tomorrow lunchtime,

00:36and then we'll do something for the papers at the end to preview the Forest game for the Saturday papers.

00:41OK? Who wants to start us off, Pete?

00:43Was that a tactical pre-brief?

00:45It was.

00:46I thought so, it's good.

00:47Did you get all that?

00:48Just.

00:49I'll be testing you at the end.

00:51A point against another of the Premier League's top teams,

00:53and it could have been three, couldn't it?

00:55What's your mood at the moment?

00:57Yeah, it could have been three, I think they would have been stretching it,

01:00I think they're a very good outfit for the game.

01:03You're wondering, are they going to click again, because they will do at some point,

01:06and I thought we did well to stop that from happening as a team,

01:10and they scored and it was a scruffy one, a lucky one, dare I say it,

01:13with a strange spin on the ball which takes it in.

01:17And you're wondering, but that seemed to settle us down,

01:19I don't think we were as good as we have been the last few games at that stage.

01:23We settled down a little bit and then we scored a fine goal ourselves,

01:26and then we defended very well for the rest of the game,

01:29and of course we have chances to break away in the second half,

01:33and one right at the end when you do wonder if we could have nicked it,

01:36but I think it would have been harsh on them, so I think we take the point.

01:39How surprised and relieved were you that they didn't click?

01:44I was not really surprised or relieved, we believe in what we do as well,

01:48and I thought we set us all up really early in the game,

01:51like I say, the only thing I was worried about was not the shape,

01:54it was just a bit of the intent, it was just lacking a bit of intent,

01:56maybe of course early kick-off and boxing out and all them things,

01:59they all play into it a little bit, but I think that grew as the game went on,

02:04and I was really pleased with our goal, it was a really good goal,

02:07a great finish from Milly, we only took him off because hopefully he's not too seriously injured,

02:11but he had a tight calf so we had to be careful with that,

02:14Shae was the same with just a little bit of cramp, we had to be careful with him,

02:18but the biggest thing for me is the mentality, that's growing all the time here,

02:21and it's taken us time this season, we got off to a really tough start,

02:24we were nosed up, but once we started to correct it, we really have pushed on from that,

02:28two losses in 13, I know there's been a lot of draws,

02:31but it's not easy to do that in the Premier League,

02:33and I think that shows the intent and the desire to the side,

02:36to keep working at getting change, not only in their performances but in results.

02:40There's a lot of talk about mentality, and Pep's been talking about it today,

02:44with his players maybe struggling to bounce back, how do you build a strong mentality?

02:50Well, it takes time, in Pep's case he's built it over a period,

02:54but also had a lot of money invested, and invested it very wisely,

02:57let me make that clear, and he's a top-class manager,

03:00as a different process, since I've been at the club,

03:03there's a lot of downtrodden feeling about the club on and off the pitch,

03:08to constantly push that away and stay positive,

03:11and try and correct as many things as possible,

03:14including the finances, including the team structure,

03:18the belief in the team and the belief in the fans,

03:20it's taken time and it's been a lot of hard work,

03:22and there's still a long way to go.

03:24The new owners have talked about stability, that's their first goal,

03:27both on and off the pitch, it takes time with that,

03:31because of the PSR rules, I must make it clear,

03:33there's no trouble or anything there, I explained that last week,

03:35all clubs are going to have to look at that and be inside of the right rules,

03:40which we'll have to do ourselves.

03:42It's not an immediate fix, but what I'm getting to really is

03:47the story's just beginning to turn again,

03:50it's just beginning to get a bit more of a positive feel,

03:53and the fans can see a bit more light instead of the ownership

03:56wondering who's going to own what.

03:59We'll see, there's still lots of hard work to go,

04:01but there's been a lot of work done.

04:05Was there any sort of special plan for Haarlem today?

04:09No, I mentioned it the other day about playing Chelsea,

04:13I was asked about Parma, what a great player he's turned out to be,

04:17we know Haarlem, De Bruyne, all these guys,

04:20but I believe in the team, I don't look at one aspect of it,

04:23I'm aware of it, but I believe in the team and what the team are doing,

04:26and I think they've done a good job today.

04:28Richard, in goals, you always fancy him to go up and save, don't you?

04:31You never know, it's good from the analysts as well,

04:34they work together to give him the benefit of the doubt

04:36of as many penalties as we can, but of course, credit to him,

04:39because he has to make a decision on the spur of the moment,

04:41he made the right one.

04:42Was there an analysis of where he might go?

04:44Was that what, sorry?

04:45Was there an analysis of where Haarlem might go?

04:47No, it's stats and facts, everyone knows them nowadays,

04:51it's not hard to get them, but we are an analyst team

04:53that look into that, of course,

04:55but it's still down to the goalkeeper to make the right decision,

04:58and he did, so I'm really pleased for him and for us.

05:05Hi, Sean, you've obviously been here a lot of times with different teams,

05:09but because of the run that City are on,

05:10do you sense that maybe there's a little bit more anxiety in the stadium

05:13among their players, and perhaps there has been in the past

05:15something that you can take advantage of?

05:17It's not easy to take advantage of,

05:19it's not really about sense that you know it

05:21because of all the noise around it,

05:22it's the first period of questions,

05:26I wouldn't say it's negativity, I didn't feel that in the stadium,

05:29but more question marks than usual,

05:32and you understand why, but the prowess they've shown year after year

05:35and the managers have shown, it's the first period,

05:37and let's face it, it's pretty impressive to have this first period

05:40after all them years and all the trophies and all the rest of it,

05:43so there's certainly a maximum amount of respect for it,

05:48but they're getting questioned for the first time,

05:51heavily questioned, and does that maybe give you a better opportunity?

05:54Yes, than when they're free-flowing,

05:56because I've been here when they're absolutely free-flowing,

05:58and hurt our teams many times,

06:00so today was slightly different in the sense,

06:03well okay, it still takes the power of a group to just turn that back on,

06:08I do think they are due one, I do think they will,

06:11they will open someone up with the amount of good players they've got,

06:14but our team has worked very hard to make sure that doesn't happen to us today.

06:19Any further questions on today's game before we move on?

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