Andros Townsend’s Mum made him believe again .
“I have to give a shout-out to my mum because during the week she sent me a compilation video of all my goals,” he said.
“She clipped them all together and she told me I need to believe in myself again. I think you saw that with this goal here.
“It was rolling back the years. I’ve got that in the locker, I just need to be able to produce it on a consistent basis. Hopefully with the manager here I’ll keep getting in the right positions and score more goals and get more assists for this historic football club.”
“We did not get close to Burnley in the first half, we were not giving Richarlison support and we rectified that,” said Townsend.
“Dominic Calvert-Lewin has been the talisman and is a big loss, but we have players in the dressing room who can step up.
“Everton also had a great start last season too but fell away. We have suffered adversity in each game, but have found a way to come out of it. That stands us in good stead for the rest of the season.”
Benitez added: “I was convinced that Andros would be an important player for us because he was my player for some months at Newcastle. I knew him in terms of his quality and tonight you can see that.
“And also, he’s a professional and he is keen to learn so I think we are now having a group of players that want to improve, and they’re happy. He’s one of these players and I didn’t have any doubt that he would do well for us.”
