Everton boss Marco Silva was full of praise for goalscorer Lucas Digne after last night's 2-2 draw with Watford.

The France international curled in from 25 yards in the sixth minute of stoppage time to ensure the Goodison Park side avoided a first home defeat since September.

Silva said, "Because he has quality, it means personality and character as well. It was an important moment for him and he showed me he is a good player.

"In the first goal we conceded, there was a lack of communication between him and Bernard. In these type of moments it's really important it doesn't affect him."

He added: "We knew before the match they would do that and they started to create more problems. At that moment, we had to put our quality on the pitch as well and play our game.

"In the second half, our performance wasn't normal and wasn't the best. The game started to become difficult for us and we have to understand that was our fault.

"Of course, we tried to make the fans proud of our team and we wanted to give them three points tonight. We didn't so now we work for the next match."