James Garner was speaking following Everton's 3-0 Premier League win over Chelsea at Hill Dickinson Stadium
James Garner
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James Garner believes it is '1,000%' possible that Everton will finish in the European spots and hailed the atmosphere inside Hill Dickinson Stadium against Chelsea as the best so far this season. David Moyes and his side are daring to dream of European football after they continued their impressive form against Chelsea on Saturday evening.
Goals from Beto and Iliman Ndiaye secured all three points against Liam Rosenior’s side, and the Blues now find themselves just three points behind Liverpool in the table. And when asked about European football being a strong possibility next season, Garner replied: “1,000% it always has been. The Premier League is such a crazy league and you've seen this season anything can happen.
“There's teams that people think shouldn't be down at the bottom and there's teams that are up at the top that people think shouldn't be there.
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“The Premier League is so crazy and I knew that we had a strong enough team to be competing for the top six and hopefully getting in the European spots.”
Chelsea were out-fought and out-thought in a chastening experience as Hill Dickinson Stadium enjoyed its best performance of its short history.
And Garner admitted: "That was the best I've seen it in the stadium, and to top it off with a win - amazing.
James Garner in action for Everton against Chelsea
James Garner in action for Everton against Chelsea(Image: (Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images))
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“(The home form) is something that we have needed to sort out. Our form here hasn’t been too good, but back-to-back wins – long may it continue.”
Meanwhile, two-goal hero Beto, who scored in either half, believes his side's convincing victory over Chelsea will give them belief they can go on and qualify for Europe.
“It was a must-win game,” he said. “The team needed to win for Europe. David Moyes has this objective. We have this objective. We just have to go game by game and win by win.
“Today (Saturday) was really good. A clean sheet and we are all happy to get the three points. For me, it was really good. I was waiting for this moment.”