Kevin Mirallas leaves the field with an injury and walks past manager David Moyes
DAVID MOYES insists Kevin Mirallas must toughen up and push his body through the pain barrier for Everton FC’s cause.
The skilful Belgian has scored in three of the Toffees’ last four Premier League games to keep their outside chances of a top four finish alive.
But he continues to be hampered by a succession of niggly injuries, which have occasionally prompted the 25-year-old to signal to the bench that he wants to come off.
Moyes believes Mirallas’ form is key to his side’s European ambitions, and has even compared him to Spurs game-changer Gareth Bale, but now wants to see the former Olympiacos forward adapt to the Everton mentality of soldiering-on in order to help the team.
He said: “He’s had a lot of niggles. He’s nearly not quite adapted to what the Premier League means and how the games go.
“I look at him and he’s signalling to me with 15 minutes to go – so maybe he’s not quite got what’s required at Everton or the Premier League.
“What he has got in abundance though is pace, ability, he can score goals, he can take you on and he can play in two or three different positions.
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