Sean Dyche spoke to evertontv following Everton's defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium - read every word of the interview below now...

Sean, a disappointing night after a decent start. How do you reflect on it?

Disappointed with the outcome but for 40 minutes I thought the game-plan was working, it was what we wanted to do. We want to be hard to beat, of course, and we know the challenges of the away form of the last 18 months here. For 40 minutes, I thought we did that very well. And not only did that, I thought we broke very well - you often have to do that in games like this, at places like this, when they are doing very well. Finding them details, we know, has been a challenge all season but we certainly had three or four breakaways that should have possibly led to more, certainly an effort at goal, and we didn't get that. But we weren't in any particular trouble for 40 minutes. Then we give away a soft goal in terms of yardages from the back-four and not getting the right press on - we know Arsenal can do that with fast passes into the box and good play to turn and finish. And the second one is difficult as a manager - you can't legislate for that one.

How damaging were those five minutes and how keen were you to see a response at the start of the second half?

It's difficult at these places - 2-0 down at these places is very tough. It's that fine line, you want to open up a bit but you know that these are more than capable. It's not just more than capable with the ball - they work very hard. They are a team that work quickly on transition but also see the picture quickly. That comes with confidence as well. It's a team that's been built with time - they had some really tough times and we all know that when this journey began for them. We've had a tough one tonight and we've got to learn quickly, of course. I wasn't naïve when I got here - people in football made me quite clearly aware of the challenge here, so I've not been naïve to that. But tonight was a reminder of the real challenge which is bringing that home mentality, with the fans and the feel at home that they have given us. We've got to partake in that by giving it back, but we've got to change that mentality away. But I must say, for 40 minutes it all looked different but once you go under then you've got to do all the right things, and learn to do the right things, and see that through regardless of the result and we came away second half getting well beaten by a top side.

It was only your fifth game in charge of the Club tonight - how much do you learn about players from tonight and how do you go about picking them up now?

The response to it is important, of course. I was more interested in the mentality, learning about the mentality - the away mentality. In a way, the Liverpool game is kind of different with the feel of it, the emotion of it and you must be up for that. In that game there were, unfortunately, a couple of mistakes and there were a couple of mistakes tonight as well. They cost you - you can't make those mistakes at this level. But, looking at the stats and the history over the past 18 months, that's what we have to challenge ourselves to build and that's what we learn tonight - why it's not right. It has to be a continuous process, work on the training ground and work from the players once the whistle blows.

How important is it to put this aside now and be positive moving forward?

It's essential. Like I say, I've not been naïve to the challenge. I did mention the Big Brother cameras are on and there will be a time when they turn off - I said that to the players. Now, are we raising our minimum? Are we pushing forward all of the time? The training ground helps with that but it's about performances. There are plenty of good players here and now it's about standing up individually because it rubs off very quickly. One of my sayings is, 'Be the man who makes the difference' and that rubs off but now the whole team has to go out with that mentality. We've seen it since I've been here, so it is there but now we have to take it on the road because we can't just rely on our home form and home fans.

You gave 90 minutes to Michael Keane tonight, his first Premier League start of the season. How important was it to get minutes in his legs looking ahead?

Yes, exactly that. It was fine lines of changing the team and getting people match fit. A couple of players came off tonight just to make sure they're protected because once the game got away, we have to do what we can to make sure we're ready for the next game.

Nottingham Forest on Sunday - a big opportunity to bounce back?

Absolutely. They're all big opportunities. Statistically, we know these games are tough but nobody gave us a chance in our first game at home [to Arsenal] and we won that. Now we have to take that mentality in the games on the road. I think we have more or less. This one is a reminder of the truth of the moment, but we have to take the mentality into the Forest game, a different kind of game and different feel to it but we've got to make sure we go there with a strong mindset to go and deliver.

Just a word on the fans - a sold out away end again tonight and there will be another one on Sunday... 

You never question the fans. But ours have been magnificent at this stage. Been brilliant coming down here, it’s a big ask, we know that, but they are there again.  All we can ask is for them to back us and to be there. Then we have to deliver and deliver better than the second half in particular tonight.

Finally, Seamus was brought off in the second half. Did he have a knock? 

No. We are looking after players. At his age, three in a week and all that stuff, Doucoure as well put in a massive shift. Dwight put in a massive shift. He didn’t come off but you know what I mean.  They are putting in a big shift, three games in a week, raising the mental sharpness of the players. We are just trying to monitor injuries and stay on top of everything, while also trying to win games, of course.