Everton boss Sean Dyche was satisfied with their 0-0 draw against Aston Villa on Sunday.

Dyche recognised they were facing one of the form teams of the Premier League.

He later said: "Aston Villa are a good outfit and they could have gone joint-top today. We continue to be a work in progress We've come out with a clean sheet against a top side.

"We had the best chance of the game and a couple of other chances. Overall, we'll take the clean sheet and the point.

"Our defending today was excellent. Second half they had a lot of the ball without really opening us up too many times. but we couldn't really find our game.

"We couldn't really get hold of the game with possession. If you can't do that you have to make sure you get hold of it without possession. Dom [Dominic Calvert-Lewin] is certainly in the right position to go through, the keeper makes a good save. Sometimes you have to hold your hands up to that.

"The consistency is there. The will and the demand and the physical side of the game. We've got to keep getting back to that. It's a work in progress. We focus on the realities."