Everton boss Marco Silva insisted there was still plenty of room for improvement after his side had ground out a 1-0 victory against Cardiff City.
It was Everton's fourth home victory in a row and they are now available at 6/1 to finish in the top six of the Premier League this term and at 15/2 to win next weekend's Merseyside derby against Liverpool.
Gylfi Sigurdsson's seventh goal of the season just before the hour mark proved to be the decisive moment of the game during which Everton struggled to break down the well-organised Bluebirds defence.
"We were mature and competent. We should have scored the second to kill the match, but we deserved the three points," former Hull City and Watford boss Silva said afterwards.
"The most important thing was the win. The first half was not the best performance, we started slow. We should do things faster against teams like this who are strong in defence.
"It was different in the second half, we started to create more problems. But every moment we didn't score the game is always open, that is the Premier League.
"You always want to play better. That is football, and we were playing against a compact defensive team with lots of individual marking. It wasn't the best performance but we played game our way."
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Everton boss Marco Silva insisted there was still plenty of room for improvement after his side had ground out a 1-0 victory against Cardiff City.
It was Everton's fourth home victory in a row and they are now available at 6/1 to finish in the top six of the Premier League this term and at 15/2 to win next weekend's Merseyside derby against Liverpool.
Gylfi Sigurdsson's seventh goal of the season just before the hour mark proved to be the decisive moment of the game during which Everton struggled to break down the well-organised Bluebirds defence.
"We were mature and competent. We should have scored the second to kill the match, but we deserved the three points," former Hull City and Watford boss Silva said afterwards.
"The most important thing was the win. The first half was not the best performance, we started slow. We should do things faster against teams like this who are strong in defence.
"It was different in the second half, we started to create more problems. But every moment we didn't score the game is always open, that is the Premier League.
"You always want to play better. That is football, and we were playing against a compact defensive team with lots of individual marking. It wasn't the best performance but we played game our way."
Source: bet365.com