Sean Dyche has called on his attacking stars to play their role in helping to prevent leads from slipping away from his Everton side. Stephy Mavididi’s second half equaliser prevented the Blues from a vital win over Leicester City and marked the fourth consecutive match in which Everton had failed to turn a lead into a win.

With Moyes among those out of a job, one source calls the prospect of Everton remaining 20th after their upcoming run ‘unthinkable’

Everton director of football Kevin Thelwell has lept to the defence of manager Sean Dyche, saying the Toffees boss “is working under very difficult circumstances” after the club’s worst start to a league season since 1958.

But emotion, at this club, is a powerful thing and for so long in this game it looked destined to fuel Everton to a much-needed victory. This has been a miserable start to the season and, for the first hour,

Sean Dyche must really hate August – after Everton's woeful start to the Premier League season he must correct what has gone wrong. Again.

Manager Sean Dyche is working under "very difficult circumstances" amid Everton's worst start to a league season in 66 years, says the club's director of Kevin Thelwell.