"Coming here is never easy. The boys started well, and we took confidence from it. We hit the post right away. Overall, I'm really pleased with the performance. We want to make more chances. We didn't create loads. The clean sheet is why we could nick the game. They made a mistake. Dwight [McNeil] got a shot on target, and the centre-forward is following it up. Some credit to the players. It's in the DNA at Everton; we can dig wins out."
"It was magnificent. It's been a pretty difficult week for us, but we got over that."
"I am very happy. I scored again, and we won. All is perfect today. It is my job, and I need to score."
Everton defeated Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park with Thierno Barry scoring in the 59th minute. The victory ended Villa's 11-game home winning run and marked Everton's first league win over Villa since March 2016, ending a 13-match winless run (D4 L9). Everton hit the post within 11 seconds and had an earlier goal disallowed for offside interference by Harrison Armstrong. The clean sheet proved decisive as Everton capitalised on a Villa mistake. Barry has scored three goals in his last four appearances and is Everton's joint-top league scorer this season with four goals. Everton have strong away form, with only Arsenal recording more away wins this campaign.
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