Manchester City midfielder James Milner was delighted with their crucial win over Everton.
The midfielder was fouled by England team-mate Phil Jagielka for the penalty from which Yaya Toure netted the winner and closed the gap behind the Premier League leaders - beaten 2-1 by Newcastle earlier in the day - to three points.
And Milner told Sky Sports 1: "It's very important. We were aware of the result but all we can control is what we do on the pitch.
"It's pleasing that we got the result after their result earlier on.
"It would have been very easy to slip up after seeing that result and being happy they dropped points, and we've played better recently than we did today but we did our job and got the result."
