Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti was delighted with their 2-1 defeat of Arsenal.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin's header deflected home via Arsenal defender Rob Holding to put Everton in front on 22 minutes.
The winning goal was scored by Yerry Mina, who climbed to place Gylfi Sigurdsson's corner delivery past goalkeeper Bernd Leno – after Nicolas Pepe scored from the spot for Arsenal.
“The project is quite clear – to compete as we are at this moment," said manager Ancelotti.
“It is a long season, we want to compete until the end and I think we can.
“I think we're doing really well this season. We are in a good position in the table.
“We have shown in the past three games a lot of consistency and a lot of spirit, so you have to be pleased with what we are doing now.
“This was a great result in a difficult game, so difficult in the second half.
“Arsenal played better than us in the second half, we were 2-1 up and wanted to defend properly
“It is true we defended and suffered but the first half was good and at the end of that half the score was fair.
“But we got the final result and this is the most important thing."
