Dewsbury-Hall: I Feel So Much Love From Evertonians

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall thanked Evertonians for their incredible and ongoing support, while insisting helping to win games for the Blues will always remain his top priority.

The 28-year-old midfielder continued his fine form on Friday, netting his third goal of the campaign to seal a 3-1 comeback victory over Coventry City at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

That contribution came hours after narrowly missing out on a maiden senior England call-up, with Dewsbury-Hall celebrating his goal over Frank Lampard's side by passionately grabbing the Everton crest on his shirt in front of a raucous South Stand.

Discussing the moment with evertontv afterwards, Dewsbury-Hall said: "Yeah, it was just a bit of emotion from me. It was a bit of a sad start to the day [to miss out on the England squad] and I'm an emotional guy, so I will celebrate and speak as I feel.

"Honestly, the fans have been so good to me. I've had so many nice messages and words of support from them, so it's nice to produce moments like that and enjoy it with them. 

"I'm really grateful for them. I've got a lot of people here backing me and fighting my corner, which makes me feel happy, so I can only thank everyone. 

"I'm just going to keep my head down, keep working hard, control my controllables, and if [an England call-up] happens in future then it happens but I know I'll have given everything. 

"I want to keep winning for this football club – that's all that matters."

After a successful eight-day spell that included back-to-back wins over Newcastle United, as well as a triumph over Coventry City, Everton now head into the international break sixth in the Premier League table, with a Carabao Cup quarter-final against Fleetwood Town also on the horizon.

Discussing the Toffees' start to the season so far, Dewsbury-Hall added: "I'm pretty sure if you asked every Evertonian at the start of the season, they'd have taken where we are right now.

"We've had three tough games this week, and we've won all three, so it doesn't get much better than that.

"It's a nice feeling. Now we can go into the break, rest and recharge the batteries, and get ready for the next period.

"We've got more tough games coming up but, look, we'll be ready."