LIVERPOOL HIT HEIGHTS
Liverpool blasted 4 goals past Everton some weeks ago but despite this, the side of Roberto Martinez is still charging their way in the top 6 spots of the Premier League and the American goalkeeper Tim Howard praised the work that Martinez is doing ever since taking over the club and succeeding the former coach David Moyes.
"No matter what game we go into, the focus has not at any point this season been on the other team, it has always been about us. You have to do this 40 weeks of the year, it is nice not to come into work every day thinking 'Oh, that's looming ahead’’.
"The manager keeps us bright and bubbly and focused on ourselves. Not always having to look over your shoulder at who is coming next is good’’.
"We work on ourselves and it's a difference. The manager will have some specific areas in which he thinks Tottenham are weak, or Sunderland, Crystal Palace or whoever is weak. We'll train on trying to exploit them, as opposed to 'Here is what they are going to do to hurt us and this is what we are going to do to defend against them'. That is not in the manager's nature’’. The veteran shot-stopper Tim Howard told the media.
Everton suffered a huge hit in the Premier League when Bryan Oviedo broke his leg when playing against Stevenage in the 4th round of the FA Cup and now the player from Costa Rica is expected to miss out from the rest of the season and even the World Cup.
Oviedo is one of the latest players that joined the list of injuries suffered from Everton which included Ross Barkley and Seamus Coleman and Tim Howard is hoping that the club can continue reaching for the top of the Premier League despite having his teammates out injured.