After beating Stoke City by four goals on Saturday, Everton manager, Roberto Martinez, has told Everton TV that his side are full of confidence ahead of their trip to Old Trafford to face champions, Manchester United:
"We are strong at the moment, and playing with real confidence. We understand the quality of opposition we are set to face on Wednesday night, but we're also feeling really positive about the game."
"Old Trafford is always a difficult place to play your football, but that is why we are looking for to the game; we're looking forward to being ourselves and competing against the Premier League champions."
As well as looking ahead to Wednesday night's fixture, Martinez took the time to relfect upon Saturday's performance, stating that it was nice that the scoreline was a reflection on his side's performance:
"It is important that the scoreline reflects the good performance. It was pleasing to know that we were able to be patient in the first half, when we controlled the game very well. The second goal was when we really took over the game however, we displayed some good attacking play without neglecting our defensive duties."
"Stoke City were coming into the game on the back of two very strong away performances at Swansea and Manchester United, so we knew we had to be aware. Due to this it was very pleasing to have been dominant."
"We maybe could have scored more, but I think the scoreline reflected our dominance. We've worked very hard to achieve this sort of play."
