Dyche 'hopeful' on Tarkowski's fitness

Sean Dyche says that James Tarkowski was left out of the squad that was dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Southampton this evening because he is nursing a back injury.

The defender, who has started every Premier League fixture since joining Everton on a free transfer from Burnley in 2022, played through the end of last season with a back complaint and this is likely a continuatiom of that issue.

The manager says that he is hopeful that the veteran will be fit enough to face Leicester on Saturday in a match that has assumed outsized significance following the Blues' atrocious start to the season.

Similarly, he hopes that the three players who also missed the cup defeat because of illness, Vitalii Mykolenko, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and James Garner, will all recover in time to boost the numbers available to him.

However, Seamus Coleman, Nathan Patterson and Jarrad Branthwaite will all still be missing.

Everton toiled through a dire evening of football under the Goodison lights against Southampton but took the lead after 20 minutes, only to concede and not have enough to find a winner.

Ashley Young's saved penalty in the sudden-death phase of the shootout ensured that the Toffees again exited the League Cup following spot-kicks.

 

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