Only Liverpool have picked more Premier League points than Everton since David Moyes returned in January, with the league table since his appointment making for remarkable reading. Sean Dyche was sacked shortly after the turn of the year as the Merseyside club lay 16th in the Premier League table.

Moyes has galvanised Everton since his January reappointment, lifting the mood at the training ground and in the stands on matchdays

David Moyes has admitted he felt some trepidation about the prospect of relegation from the Premier League after his return to Goodison Park to manage Everton.