Sam Allardyce not getting carried away despite Everton resurgence

Allardyce's side came from a goal down to beat Swansea 3-1 at Goodison Park to continue the club's resurgence under him

Sam Allardyce is keeping expectations in check at Goodison Park Getty

Sam Allardyce admits he is not getting too carried away with his Everton side's good form that has seen them climb to ninth in the Premier League.

Allardyce's side came from a goal down to beat Swansea 3-1 at Goodison Park to continue the club's resurgence under him.

A relegation battle a month ago has been replaced with aspirations of finishing in the top half of the table.

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Asked what the target is for his Toffees, Allardyce said: "Top half, I think. We're not getting too carried away. Delivering 13 points from a possible 15 is an outstanding feat from where we came from and what position we were in.

"I watched the West Ham game and that got us off to a good start, winning 4-0. We've scored 11 goals in the last five games and we've kept a number of clean sheets.

"I'm hugely disappointed we conceded from a corner but we recovered from that. To come from 1-0 down to win shows a lot of character which maybe was missing before I got here but the character was there today when we needed it."

It was the second time in Everton's last five league games the Toffees scored with the rebound following a missed Wayne Rooney penalty, but there was never any chance of him passing up the opportunity from the spot in the 73rd minute against Swansea.

Rooney missed then scored a penalty (Getty)

"I'm a confident person and I believe in myself," Rooney said. "If you've noticed the two penalties I've missed we scored the rebound because I've put a bit of topspin on the ball knowing if I miss it will come back and we'll score.

"I was never going to give that second penalty up. I was frustrated to miss the first one. I picked a corner for the second one and put my foot through it and thankfully it's gone in."