Sean Dyche has denied Everton's midweek loss to Chester has shown up a glaring lack of quality in his squad and insisted there are no questions about their attitude.
In order to get Dominic Calvert-Lewin some match practice, Everton hosted the National League North side in a behind-closed-doors fixture at their Finch Farm training base – green protective curtains were drawn around the pitch to give an element of privacy for the exercise.
Dyche named a strong team, so strong in fact that the starting line-up boasted 75 international caps between them – Calvert-Lewin, Nathan Patterson, Yerry Mina, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Conor Coady – while Tom Davies and Mason Holgate had played for England Under-21s.