Sean Dyche has explained why he substituted Beto during Everton’s elimination from the Carabao Cup at the hands of Southampton.
The Toffees suffered a 6-5 penalty shootout loss in the third round of the competition after a 1-1 draw following 90 minutes at Goodison Park. Abdoulaye Doucoure opened the scoring for Everton in the 20th minute but that was cancelled out by Taylor Harwood-Bellis’ header 12 minutes later.
“We didn’t think we were getting the chances to go and win the game and the style. Ili is a different player as you know, he wriggles, turns, breaks the backline.
“We were just trying to affect the game to win it. Currently, we have one fit striker and was unlikely they were going to play every minute of that game tonight.”
Beto’s withdrawal for Young, who missed sparked boos from some fans inside Goodison. On that reaction, Dyche said: “The demand on myself is high. I totally understand it. Youngy is old enough and wise enough to know this is the way the industry is sometimes. He’s a fantastic professional and I think everyone knows that. That’s just one of them things, the fans have the right to say what they want to say. I’ve never questioned the fans here and certainly am not now.
“My gut feeling tells me it was probably that but I’m not going to start questioning the fans, they’ve been amazing since I got here.”
