Everton coach Ashley Cole wants to continue adapting how the full-backs play for the Toffees.

Widely seen as one of the best ever left-backs to play for England, Cole is now a coach under his ex-teammate and current Everton boss Frank Lampard.

Vitalii Mykolenko and Nathan Patterson are still new to the Premier League, and Cole is enjoying bringing them forward.

Cole said to Liverpool Echo: “Again, we can't change overnight, you know.

"For Vitaly he has been playing in a team that sat back in a low block for a while so it takes time for us to give him the confidence and the responsibility to know yes - you can go, we need you, you are the width, when Demarai and Ant come inside and play between lines, you've got the licence to bomb and be creative. Now, we know the full-back has evolved. And now you've got to start contributing at the other end with goals, crosses, assists, so we've been pushing them [Mykolenko and Patterson] to do that.

"And of course, Patts is unlucky with the injury because he was really starting to turn a corner as an individual. I think defensively he was getting better. We started to see his attacking prowess and how effective he was at getting forward. Again, that's going to take time, confidence and belief in himself."