Everton assistant boss Steve Round is delighted with the way they are finishing off games.

He told evertonfc.com: "The results have picked up, we look a fitter team, we look a stronger team, all our men are back playing and it's no surprise to me we're finishing the last 15 minutes of games really well. Our wins have come from that strength.

"Sometimes when things aren't going your way you have to get back to basics as everybody says. But that's true, you have to get back to being hard to beat and keeping clean sheets. If we do that with the forwards we've got and the creative players we're going to get a goal somewhere along the line.

"You need to build that confidence in steps and that comes from being quality at the back and strong - just what Everton have been over the last five or six years."