Everton attacker Anthony Gordon insists victory over Manchester United is proof they're too good to go down.

At the final whistle, Gordon felt obliged to offer an explanation as to why his emotions were running away.

"I live and breathe this — unfortunately," said the Everton midfielder. "It affects my life daily. I cannot sleep after games like Burnley (last Wednesday, which Everton lost 3-2), especially when I feel I could have done better. I couldn't sleep, but we recovered. It is part of being a footballer.

"It was never my thought (we could go down), but as we got a few bad results it became the reality.

"I think we had to finally accept it: this is our reality now until we change it. It definitely has been a thought, but we are too good.

"It won't happen. I am a winner. I am not going to accept that (we could be relegated), because of the size of the club, and just me as an individual. It is not going to happen. I've heard people say we don't care. I can never understand that one.

"As footballers we do this every day, we give our lives to it and we do a lot that people don't see. I get it if people think we are having bad days and we might be off it, but not caring? I don't get it."