Neville insists Everton do not fear Chelsea

Everton captain Phil Neville says there is no fear going into their clash with Chelsea.

The Blues captain said Saturday's defeat to Liverpool did hold more hurt than most, but knows Everton are more than capable of posing the current league leaders a significant threat on Merseyside in two day's time.

"I don't think we should be frightened of anyone at the moment," Neville told evertonTV. "We're playing well, we're full of confidence, and we’ve got a lot of players back fit and ready to play in the big games.

"Let’s look forward to them and not be fearful of them. We need to lick our wounds now, and get back to the training ground and look forward to Wednesday night."

“You've got to pick yourself up and get on with it," Neville added in reference to the 1-0 defeat at Anfield. "You've got to raise yourself for another massive game at Goodison on Wednesday night.

"Games are coming thick and fast at the moment and we can't be feeling sorry for ourselves and we've got to produce the same level of performance. We've been showing an outstanding level of performance in the Premier League and we can take a lot of positives on the run that we've been on.

"We've got a strong squad now, and one that is looking forward to the next month and playing in all these big games, because that what we play football for.”