Everton defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leighton-Baines-c21987, was all praise for his team for grabbing a point from the jaws of defeat during their visit of Wigan Athletic on Saturday.
The Toffees were pegged down early on as Arouna Kone put the hosts ahead in the 10th minute.
Even though http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Franco-Di-Santo-c14060 goal in the 23rd minute.
Wigan managed to keep the visiting team at bay for a good chunk of the second half, but their defence finally buckled, as Baines converted from the spot-kick right at the death to steal a point for his team.
Commenting on Everton’s performance, the English International heaped praise on the way his team handled the pressure after trailing twice in the match.
He pointed out that a visit to the DW Stadium was never easy, and was glad that they were able to secure a result despite being unable to put up their best show.
“If you want to stay up near the top end of the league you've got to keep taking points when maybe you're not at your best and it was important that we took a point,” he said.
However, after dropping points on Saturday, the Merseyside outfit have plummeted down to the fourth place in the table, behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, Manchester United and Manchester City.
Given their sublime recent form, the 27-year old admitted that they should have pocketed all three points from the fixture.
He claimed that the Toffees were the better of the two teams in the second period, but nevertheless, refused to take any credit from the Latics for doing a remarkable http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 in the backline.
“We weren't quite up to scratch in the first half and we knew we had to get back up to where we've been in recent weeks… I thought we were the better team in the second half and we came away with a point in the end. We would've liked more but I thought Wigan
did really well as well,” he added.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 have only suffered a single defeat – that against West Bromwich Albion this term – in their last 16 league games.
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