Everton midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marouane-Fellaini-c24295, believes that his side have got what it takes to finish inside the top four this season.
The Toffees have been one team in form since the start of year. After completing their prevenient term on a high, they continued from where they left off, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 to a 20-point tally from their first eleven games.
However, their charge was halted last week by the Premier League’s newcomers, Reading, who stunned them 2-1 at the Madejski Stadium to record their first win of the campaign.
The defeat forced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 Moyes’ unit to relinquish their hold on the fourth place in the standings. They now trail the fourth-ranked West Brom by 3 points.
Nonetheless, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 so far, was confident that the team will be able to finish inside the top-four.
He pointed out that they possessed enough quality and strength in the dressing room to mount a sustained challenge for it and everyone was determined fulfil this aim.
“Everybody in the team wants to finish in the top four,” he told the reporters.
“There is a lot of quality in the team, and a lot of ambition, and I hope at the end of the season, Everton will finish in the top four.”
The loss on Saturday was a reminder for Moyes’ men that it won’t be an easy sailing for them this season. Despite dominating the action for a good portion of the game and claiming an early lead, they were hit by whirlwind Royals in the second half, who punished
the visitors’ profligacy by slotting in two goals after the restart.
Fellaini revealed that their performance at the weekend left the manager fuming at his team for wasting a handful of opportunities.
The 24-year old also said that the team will have to grind out wins against the weaker oppositions if they are to qualify for Champions League and urged them to be more consistent.
“We need to win games like that if we want to finish in the top four. We will start again on Saturday. Getting three points is the most important thing,” he added.
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