Source: Daily_Mail
Don't bet against us, warns Everton keeper Howard ahead of facing Chelsea in FA Cup final
Goalkeeper Tim Howard is glad Everton are underdogs in Saturday's FA Cup final.
Chelsea are the bookies' favourites for the Wembley showdown but Howard insists the Toffees will not be overawed.
'This match is massive. It's up there as my biggest one or two, that's for sure. But I'm looking forward to it. There is no question we are the underdogs,' he told the Evening Standard.
'It may be hard to explain to those on the outside but as a group of guys we just don't care about that stuff.
'We like it when it gets rough and tumble and we like it when our backs are against the wall.'
Manager David Moyes hopes an Everton victory will banish a Wembley nightmare which has haunted him for 22 years.
The 45-year-old Scot played three times at Wembley, twice with Bristol City and once for Preston.
Moyes helped City ease to a 3-0 victory over Bolton to win the 1986 Freight Rover Trophy but, 12 months later in the same competition, he handed victory to Mansfield when he missed in a penalty shoot-out after the game ended 1-1.
Moyes said: 'To lose a Wembley final is bad enough but to miss
the deciding penalty in a Wembley final is even worse. It's something I've never forgotten.'
