Baines: We can build

Defender Leighton Baines believes Everton's breakthrough win over Birmingham a fortnight ago has provided an important boost ahead of this weekend's derby against Liverpool. The Toffees ended their winless start to the Premier League season with a 2-0 success at St Andrews just before the international break. The win lifted the Merseysiders off the foot of the table and, according to Baines restored some lost confidence ahead of their derby battle at Goodison Park this Sunday. "It would have been unbearable to go into the break without a win so at least we can say we have got that monkey off our back and have got that first win," Baines told evertontv. "Now we want to go on and really do ourselves justice. The derby is obviously the biggest game for us and the one we always look for first and getting a good result at Birmingham going into it has given us extra confidence. "We won our first game of the season and obviously once that happens you are looking to get on a roll so it is important for us to build on it and get another result this Sunday."

Source: PA