MEDIA WATCH

What The Papers Say - 20 February

The views on this page are taken from the local and national media and do not necessarily reflect the views of Everton.

Amadou Onana's knee issue is unlikely to be serious, according to the player and his manager Sean Dyche.

The Belgium international was replaced in the second half of Saturday's 1-0 win over Leeds United.

Writing on social media and reported by the Liverpool Echo, Onana wrote: "I‘ll be back no worries".

Everton boss Dyche went into further detail during his post-match press conference.

"We will wait and see [what his condition is], he has had a niggly knee injury so they will get on top of that [on Sunday] and Monday as well," he told the media.

"I think it is manageable as his fitness improves and as his game understanding improves and he certainly had two more-than-able people with him today because I thought Doucs [Doucoure] and Gana [Gueye] were absolutely outstanding."

Focussing on the media's reaction to Saturday's strong win, Joe Bernstein of the Daily Mail praised Club captain Seamus Coleman for his impressive display.

"When Everton captain Seamus Coleman described Leeds United’ visit as a “six-pointer” in his programme notes, even he couldn’t have guessed he’d end up as the match winner," the journalist wrote.

"Coleman did his core job at right-back extremely well, keeping exciting Leeds winger Wilfred Gnonto quiet, but the bonus was also scoring an outstanding goal, his first since last February against the same opponents.

"Coleman was fired up all afternoon and his club should be grateful for that.

"The decisive moment arrived after 64 minutes when the 34-year-old showed plenty of willing, and a decent turn of foot, to chase Alex Iwobi’s long pass down the right.

"Coleman, who kept his record of not losing a game when scoring, he was adamant his ambitious finish was intended and not a misplaced cross."

Chris Bascombe of The Telegraph discusses the strong start to Dyche's Everton reign and that the Goodison crowd was crucial to that.

"The Bride of Frankenstein enjoyed longer and more satisfying honeymoon periods than recent Everton managers," he wrote.

"Sean Dyche hopes his blossoming relationship with Goodison Park will be the exception. They talk about a “new manager bounce”. Under Dyche, the home turf suddenly resembles a trampoline, two wins underlining why the Goodison factor is no myth as Leeds United replaced Everton in the bottom three."