Marco Silva was delighted with the resilience shown by his Everton players in Wednesday's win over Lincoln City.
The Toffees scored twice in the last ten minutes to win 4-2 and secure their place in the Carabao Cup third-round.
Our team showed one important thing in my opinion apart from the attitude, commitment and desire - we showed personality," Silva told evertontv.
We respected ourselves, we respected our fans, we respected the competition. We were serious.
We knew before the match it our obligation to come here and to go through in this competition, but we also know how football is difficult in some moments.
They scored twice and their second goal was fantastic. But [each time] they scored we had a good reaction.
At 2-2, we changed the formation and took some more risks.
It was a good performance in some moments. But, for me, the most important thing was our players were serious, they showed they are very good professionals and they won the game."
