Everton Winger Yannick Bolasie Claims First Toffees Goal Was Dampened by Late Burnley Defeat

Published on: 25 October 2016

Yannick Bolasie has admitted that defeat at Turf Moor against Burnley was disappointing, despite opening his Everton account.


Bolasie, who signed for the Merseyside club for a reported £30m in the summer, pulled the scores back to 1-1 before Scott Arfield's last gasp winner.


Speaking toEverton TV, the DRCongolese international expressed his delight at scoring his first goal in a blue shirt.

Good to get off the mark (thanks rom) but disappointed about the result on to the next game #coyb 🔵 pic.twitter.com/nzEkecYNZ8

It is something we always work on in training, so when I got into that position I knew what I wanted to do,� he said.It gives you a lift in confidence and you start doing things that you are used to doing. Confidence is a massive thing in my game.


I've not been thinking about it [getting off the mark]. Since I have been here, I have been creating chances and I am happy doing that. But as the manager says, he wants a little bit more from the attackers around Romelu Lukaku. At Burnley I have scored, so that is a start.�


Bolasie is keen to get back to winning ways after the frustration at Burnley, withEverton hosting a reinvigoratedWest Ham next weekend.

We are obviously disappointed to come away from the game without any points,� he added. I did score, and personally I am delighted to get off the mark, but the dampener is we lost the game. You always want to come away from a game with something,


It is part of football. At Man City we dug in deep and people probably thought we should have lost that game. But against Burnley, we should have won but we have left with nothing.


We have to dust ourselves down and move on to the next game.�

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