Victor Anichebe has made his comeback from a knee injury with an outing in the reserves. The Nigerian striker was injured during pre-season.
"It was good to get 90 minutes under my belt, towards the last half-an-hour I was dying but it's good to get the game time and hopefully it will take me a long way," the 22 year old told the Toffees' official website following a date with Liverpool on Tuesday.
"I would say the injury is behind me. I feel it sometimes and it's been a long time but it was good psychologically to come through it and hopefully all my injuries are behind me as it has been a tough last 18 months with being injured, coming back and then getting injured again."
He added: "Hopefully the manager will be thinking about me now, but we will see.
"I am taking slow steps and I can't just think I am going to play, but hopefully I will be around the first team again soon."
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