Match of the Day pundit Danny Muprhy on Everton’s fading European hopes: “Ideally for their fans and to reward themselves for a good season, they’d want to give themselves a chance of Europe, but overall it has still been a really good season.
“Their fans were clapping them at the end there because they are enjoying what they are seeing – they have got a nice balance now, they are not just hanging on in games, they are not defensive – they go after teams as well as well as the times when they sit in.
“They have got a nice balance in their side and with a bit of investment in the summer, they could kick on, but in isolation today they will be disappointed because of the goals they conceded were not great.
“When you look at all the chances they created too, then when you create that many chances away from home and don’t win, you always feel disappointed.
“And that I suppose is a positive in many ways, because if you are going anywhere in the Premier League, travelling away from home and making chances like that, then you are doing something right.
“There is a lot to like about Everton at the moment, even if their recent results have not been great.”