Monday 18 May 2015 21:03, UK
Roberto Martinez praised his side after what he felt was a deserved win against West Ham at Upton Park.
Romelu Lukaku headed the winner in the third minute of stoppage time to give Everton the three points after Leon Osman had cancelled out Stewart Downing’s opener for the Hammers.
The Blues boss hailed Lukaku's timing - but said he was thrilled with the display of his whole team across the 90 minutes.
"He (Lukaku) has a big-game mentality in terms of always being switched on, waiting for the moment to give us the three points," Martinez said.
“If you look at the overall performance over 90 minutes I felt we had the better chances and even before West Ham got ahead I thought we had opportunities.
“We were unfortunate not to take any of those. When you come here you know you’re going to be tested, I think you need to defend really well and cope with their approach. They’re a team that plays with a lot of confidence at home, especially
“So to do all the aspects well in the performance today was pleasing, to go one goal down and finding a way to win the game brings you more satisfaction.”
The former Wigan manager also backed young full-back Brendan Galloway to have a ‘phenomenal future’ after he impressed on debut.
“As a young man you need the club to give you an opportunity and then in the same way as a young man you need to take it,” Martinez added.
“We've seen with Brendan Galloway that we’ve got a player with a phenomenal future: his demeanour, his personality – you can analyse the performance today in many aspects but the way that he coped with it, the situation, it was quite impressive.
“We’re really excited about his performance and even more about what’s ahead of him.”
