After learning a different account of his superstar accepting new contracts, Dyche was relieved and overjoyed.
Sean Dyche spoke of the relief at his Everton side finally getting off the mark with their first win in the Premier League this season that lifted them out of the bottom three for the first time in the campaign.
What’s more, the Blues came from behind to achieve victory for the first time since the 53-year-old took charge in January last year as Dwight McNeil erased Marc Guehi’s 10th-minute opener two minutes into the second half with a sublime finish from 25 yards before volleying in the winner a few minutes later.
“There has to be [relief] because you’re searching for that win,” Dyche told Gary Lineker for Match Of The Day. “I’m delighted for the players because they’ve worked very hard to change a scoreline around. You know, there’s been question marks over many things, and that being one of them but the mentality [in the] second half was really pleasing to see the game through.
“There’s a lot demand here that we put on ourselves, let alone the feeling of this great club and we have to answer that, and I thought we did do today. We certainly did enough to win the game and that was important.”