Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti spoke to the club’s official website about his side’s injuries ahead of Aston Villa’s trip to Goodison Park on Thursday.
The Toffees haven’t won any of their last three league games. Everton’s European ambitions look dead now barring an absolute miracle but they have to give their all in their last three games.
Ancelotti was left frustrated after Everton’s 3-0 hammering at Wolves yesterday. The Toffees boss needs to turn things around ahead of Thursday’s home game and he confirmed that he could potentially have three injured players back.
Andre Gomes and Mason Holgate missed yesterday’s game due to injuries while Yerry Mina had to be withdrawn midway through the first half at Wolves.
Ancelotti claimed that Mina’s injury was due to lack of recovery time during games and that he will be assessed today. If things go well, he should return to the squad on Thursday.
Holgate and Gomes are also expected to be back for the game against Aston Villa in three days time.
Ancelotti said: “Yerry had a muscular problem. Unfortunately, when you only have two days to recover, the player doesn’t recover properly and to have an injury like this can happen.”
“I think so, (if Gomes and Holgate will return against Villa) we have to check on Monday.”
A full strength Everton side should be good enough to beat Aston Villa but with Dean Smith’s side fighting hard for survival, they will make things extremely difficult for the Toffees on Thursday.
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