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Rafa Benitez says he had to replace Jean-Philippe Gbamin with Fabian Delph at half-time even though he was not 100% fit.
Rafa Benitez said: “The reason why was we were looking for a change of something and to get possession of the ball. Delph has experience, he was not fully fit because he was away for a while. He can pass the ball, receive the ball and make people around him play. We were needing this and apart from the intensity to challenge for first and second balls, but he gave us this on the ball and he was quite good for us.”
On the performance of the team,
Rafa Benitez said: “We showed what we are capable of doing in the second-half. We were missing something in the first-half. I was not very happy with the first-half. In the second-half we were still unbalanced but we showed the character that we didn’t have in the first-half. In the first-half we were poor.”
Everton were without Lucas Digne for the trip to Molineux to compound the squad’s injury problems. Benitez, however, was unsure when any of the players on the treatment table will be fit to play again.
Rafa Benitez said: “They are improving but still Doucoure, Yerry Mina and Dominic we don’t know exactly how long. With Digne, we will see how he prepares. He was uncomfortable for this game, so didn’t play.”
