Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has lifted the lid on the goal that saved his club's season.

Abdoulaye Doucoure scored the only goal of a 1-0 home win over Bournemouth on the last day of the Premier League season.

Pickford, who was standing behind Doucoure in his goal, spoke about his view of the shot that ensured his team remained in the top flight.

Pickford said: “Definitely, massively. Like I said when I first signed six years ago now – I'm getting old – I said it was an easy transition because it's a family club.

“I feel it's very similar to Sunderland. The fans are so passionate and I think North East football is passionate.

“We've got a lot of staff who have been there for a lot of years who are massive Toffees. Some days it is good, if you get the win it's ideal; if you get the loss it's not so friendly.

“We didn't want to make history for taking Everton down for the first time in however long. Not just for us as players or the fans but also the staff, it's peoples' livelihoods, people would lose their jobs.

“It's a big team effort, a big club effort and it takes more than the players to get it over the line."

He added on the goal: “To be fair, when he hit it I thought 'where's he pulled that from Doucs?'

“We had a good first half and it was a bit like the story of our season in that we were doing well but not creating much and not getting an early goal to try and settle the nerves down.

“Doucs produces that and we held on. It was a big relief again, back-to-back relief."