Many were predicting that Everton would be relegated due to points deductions, but they finished comfortably clear of the bottom three.
He said, per the Liverpool Echo: I definitely feel a responsibility to fight this club's corner. I lead the line for Everton Football Club and that's a responsibility I never have and never will take lightly.
Of course, that's in your mind on the pitch, but also off the pitch. If I'm asked questions about something, I know there is a duty to represent the club properly and stand up for us when necessary.
It felt like there was an agenda against us in terms of broadcasters putting all of our games on TV in the hope we'd be in the thick of a relegation scrap.
It felt like they tried to build their own narrative, but we built our own and completely flipped the script with three wins in six days.
Then, in terms of the derby win, we put that one to bed, having not won one at Goodison for a while. We are creating new narratives, new history. It's on us."