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Everton boss Martinez dismisses Howard form doubts

Everton boss Roberto Martinez has no doubts over the form of Tim Howard.

While Martinez labelled Palace's freakish win at Goodison on Sunday "spooky" and says Howard will not be haunted by his display when he was at fault for two of the three goals.

"I was very pleased with Tim's performance on Thursday against Wolfsburg and against West Brom [the previous weekend]," he said. "Obviously he had a couple of moments where he was unfortunate against Crystal Palace, but that's what ­happens in football.

"There are games when errors happen. He's in a good frame of mind and he's trained well. I don't see any specific need to get Tim back to normal. He's got the understanding and experience that those things happen in football and he'll bounce back."

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