Everton midfielder Fabian Delph is only just making his comeback from injury now.
Marco Silva has admitted to the Liverpool Echo that he was concerned about Everton midfielder Fabian Delph’s fitness levels prior to Sunday’s game.
Everton beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2, with Delph making his home debut at Goodison Park yesterday.
Delph has had to wait for his first chances as an Everton player, after picking up an injury soon after joining.
The England international has now started in Silva’s side’s last two matches though.
And Silva has been impressed by Delph’s fitness levels to come back and play two games in the space of five days, after just coming back from injury.
“He showed a very good performance and Fabian is not in his best physical condition yet,” Silva said.
“He will improve more. I was concerned a little bit if he could play the 90 minutes this afternoon because he played 70-75 on Wednesday.
“He was really good on the pitch. If not, I would take him out before the end. His quality, no doubts about that. He showed that and it’s really important.”
Delph was very impressive for Everton against Wolves, and he did a good job shielding their defence.
In the first half hour the game was hugely open, with Everton taking a 2-1 lead but looking far from comfortable.
After that though, the Toffees dealt with the threat of the visitors well.
Raul Jimenez did head home a second equaliser for Wolves, but Richarlison went on to score the winner to send Everton into the international break happy.
Everton are currently in sixth place in the Premier League table, with their next match coming in two weeks’ time against Bournemouth.
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