He has been at Goodison Park for more than a year, but Sean Dyche may finally feel fully appreciated as Everton’s manager. This has been Dyche’s best week on Merseyside.
There are times, Bukayo Saka says, when he looks down at his legs to see all manner of bruises, knocks and cuts. “It is not nice,” he says. “But it’s part of it.”
The beleaguered Blades slipped to a 25th defeat of a miserable season despite taking an early lead at St James’ Park.