Everton caretaker manager David Unsworth has demanded his struggling players prove their commitment to the cause after the club suffered their heaviest European defeat at Goodison Park on Thursday. The miserable 5-1 Europa League loss to Atalanta on Thursday was a new low in a dreadful season for the Merseyside club, who are just three points clear of the Premier League relegation zone. Only those players will know themselves when they look themselves in the mirror at night. “The players who have been asking me for opportunities to play in the first team were given that. The manner we capitulated just isn’t acceptable and the players know that.”Everton, who spent heavily in the close-season, were eliminated from the Europa League after Thursday’s defeat, which left them bottom of Group E with just one point from five matches.

Source: The Guardian November 24, 2017 10:41 UTC