Everton defender Distin loving Merseyside experience: We just need some sun!

After victory over BATE Borisov, new Everton defender Sylvain Distin admits he's loving life on Merseyside.

“Great night? It’s been a great month,” Distin, beaming from ear to ear, told the Liverpool Daily Post. “Everything has been really good for me. We’ve only lost one game, we’ve hardly conceded any goals and the only time we lost was down to us; it wasn’t because we were outplayed.

“It’s a great atmosphere, I’m happy to be living back in the North West and, bar the lack of sun, it is just perfect! I’m really enjoying it. The good thing here is if things go wrong, we talk about it together.

“It doesn’t need the manager to say something, we just do it ourselves.

“The more we play, the better we will become and this little break is going to come at the right time, as we have played a lot of games.

“But I am really looking forward to what is coming in the season. It’s weird, you know? We have won a lot of games but we conceded against BATE and I felt bad; we have got a winning mentality, so we are not just happy when we ‘only’ win.

“We want to win, to play with style and we don’t want to concede any goals; it’s hard to explain but you get addicted to the feeling.

“So although we won (on Thursday), we still conceded and started off badly. We don’t complain but we want 100%.”