Beating City will prove Everton FC top four credentials says Besic
Muhamed Besic of Everton is closed down by Yaya Toure of Manchester City
Mo Besic believes a second victory over Manchester City in the space of eight days will prove Everton FC's top four credentials.
The midfielder was the game's stand out performer as the Blues gained a 2-1 League Cup first-leg over the Etihad outfit on Wednesday night.
Before Roberto Martinez's men face their crunch second leg on January 27, however, they have the small matter of a Premier League encounter against City next Wednesday.
“We play City in the league next week and there are three really important points to fight for because we want to get fourth place,” Besic said.
“I think it is important to go there and get a positive result to help us prepare for the second leg. There will be a great atmosphere and it will help us if we can get a good result next week.”
“I am really happy that we won the tie.
“City, as we all know, are a good team but we were really good as well.
“We played with a good defence and were always looking to hit them on the counter-attack and in the second-half we had good possession. We played a really good match.
“The gaffer told us before the game to see the first leg as just one game, and that we needed to win. So it was really important to win this first game.”
Besic picked up where he left off after a supersub display against Spurs on Sunday and helped nullify the threat of Yaya Toure.
But the modest midfielder insists there were top notch performances throughout the side last night - and that he was simply “doing his job”.
“I don’t know, I’ll have to watch it back,” he said when asked if it was his best ever Everton performance.
“I was just doing my job.
“I have played in semi-finals before, back in Hungary, but that is not such a good league so this was the biggest game in my club career".
- 19:00, 7 JAN 2016
- BY PHIL KIRKBRIDE
Muhamed Besic of Everton is closed down by Yaya Toure of Manchester City
Mo Besic believes a second victory over Manchester City in the space of eight days will prove Everton FC's top four credentials.
The midfielder was the game's stand out performer as the Blues gained a 2-1 League Cup first-leg over the Etihad outfit on Wednesday night.
Before Roberto Martinez's men face their crunch second leg on January 27, however, they have the small matter of a Premier League encounter against City next Wednesday.
“We play City in the league next week and there are three really important points to fight for because we want to get fourth place,” Besic said.
“I think it is important to go there and get a positive result to help us prepare for the second leg. There will be a great atmosphere and it will help us if we can get a good result next week.”
“I am really happy that we won the tie.
“City, as we all know, are a good team but we were really good as well.
“We played with a good defence and were always looking to hit them on the counter-attack and in the second-half we had good possession. We played a really good match.
“The gaffer told us before the game to see the first leg as just one game, and that we needed to win. So it was really important to win this first game.”
Besic picked up where he left off after a supersub display against Spurs on Sunday and helped nullify the threat of Yaya Toure.
But the modest midfielder insists there were top notch performances throughout the side last night - and that he was simply “doing his job”.
“I don’t know, I’ll have to watch it back,” he said when asked if it was his best ever Everton performance.
“I was just doing my job.
“I have played in semi-finals before, back in Hungary, but that is not such a good league so this was the biggest game in my club career".
