Everton boss David Moyes is confident Mikel Arteta will recapture his best form.
Arteta again struggled for touch in defeat at Stoke City on Saturday.
"I think it's always difficult when you come back from injury," said Everton manager Moyes.
"I thought he played better in the first half in a good team performance. In the second half I had Leon Osman I wanted to see if we could find a way of getting a goal. It's always difficult when you come back from an injury.
"But he's over his injury now I think it's just rediscovering the form which people really know he's capable of.
"Mikel knows he's a big player for Everton, has a big responsibility, he's really well-thought of by most managers for his football ability. I think today especially in the first half he was doing a lot of the good things we know about him. I think it's the start and we'll see him improving again."
