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Everton captain Phil Jagielka adamant Spurs thrashing won't break morale

Everton captain Phil Jagielka is adamant they'll bounce back from their 4-0 thrashing at Tottenham.

Despite the setback, the centre-back insists Everton's “confidence hasn't been too badly dented" as they look to next weekend's visit of West Brom to Goodison.

“We managed to get through the first half with them having long-range shots but then we haven't defended well, unfortunately, and we've gone in 1-0 down," said Jagielka.

“The first half wasn't so bad. We were close to going ahead with an offside goal from Wayne. We limited them to few chances but second half, going 2-0 down, we shot ourselves in the foot. They stepped up a gear and deservedly ran out comfortable winners.

“We tried to keep it tight but the last thing you want to be doing is chasing a 2-0 deficit against a team like Spurs and they put us to the sword.

“We've had some difficult games, it's a long, tough period but we'll look at the video tomorrow, move on and try to pick up points in the next games.

“It was always going to be a big game. Today was going to be difficult. We didn't do ourselves any justice so we need to dust ourselves down and look forward to the game against West Brom.

“The confidence hasn't been too badly dented. Today won't be great but we know we've got a good run of games. They will be tough but we know we can pick up some points."

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