Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti insists victory at Arsenal had nothing to do with the Super League.

The Toffees earned a first-ever victory at the Emirates Stadium thanks to Bernd Leno's late own goal in a match that was marred by pre-match protests by Arsenal fans towards their owner Stan Kroenke.

Ancelotti said after the game: "We were motivated because it was a vital game. Maybe lose this game, we have lost a lot of opportunity to fight for Europe and that was the only motivation.

"We are in the fight for European positions and this is where we wanted to be at this time of the season.

"We are there and have six games until the end and have to do our best."

Everton went into Friday's game having only won one out of their last 28 matches away at Arsenal, with that victory coming in 1996.

Ancelotti continued: "It is an unbelievable gift for our supporters. A good performance - not top, but solid. We tried to play if possible and we were lucky to score a goal.

"We were a little bit lucky with the VAR decisions but with these three points we keep fighting for the rest of the season.

"Arsenal played a good game and maybe they played better with the ball but defensively we were really solid.

"A good result, important, we are still attached to the top of the table. We needed that. We keep fighting, we played a good game with difficulties.

"Defensively we were good, I am satisfied. To be honest it should have been a draw, Arsenal had more control of the ball."