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Beto's Belief In Blues' Quality

Beto insists he has full confidence that the quality and togetherness in camp will see Everton turn around their struggling form as the season enters its final stretch.

The 26-year-old striker stepped off the bench to score a late equaliser in Saturday's clash at Bournemouth, but his fifth strike of the campaign was not enough as a stoppage-time own goal saw the hosts snatch a 2-1 victory at the Vitality Stadium.

Speaking afterwards, Beto acknowledged that actions speak louder than words and welcomed another chance to end the Toffees' winless run quickly, with a visit to Newcastle United set for Tuesday evening.

"We are really upset because we had a point in our hands but we let the point get away," he explained. "It's hard to explain. We are putting in a lot of effort, a lot of fight but the goals and results are not coming and that is difficult. 

"We are not scoring enough goals. We are creating chances but we are not scoring enough, which is obviously such an important part of the game. If you don't finish your chances, you won't win games. 

"I don't want to saying it again because we've been talking about it previously but we need to score more goals. 

"I am confident we can turn it around. We have already shown we have the quality to score the goals. Sometimes when you are on a tough run it can be difficult to get out of it but I know I trust my teammates, I trust the staff, I trust the fans... we have got to come back and I know we will.

"It felt good to score because it would have been for a draw at the time. It felt really good to get our team and our fans hyped again but then afterwards it ended up not being enough."