Everton<\/a> after maintaining that Goodison Park is a difficult place to play at.<\/p>\nThe under-fire Frenchman praised his side’s teamwork and combative spirit in securing an important point against David Moyes’s men.<\/p>\n
“I thought we fought hard enough to get the three points,” Houllier said. <\/p>\n
“In fairness though, I\u2019m disappointed for the players because of what they gave in the game but it could easily have been a loss.<\/p>\n
“It’s always difficult to get a point at Everton because it\u2019s not an easy place to play.”<\/p>\n
The Villa manager revealed his half-time words of encouragement and expressed his reluctance to change his side during the interval.<\/p>\n
“I said we are a team, so when one person makes a mistake the whole team has got to react together,” the Frenchman said.<\/p>\n
“I didn\u2019t want to change anything at half-time, I just wanted to give everything. We came back well in second half, we were a bit more competitive. <\/p>\n
“We need to change a bit in the second and show a bit more fighting spirit to get back into the game which we did early through a fantastic goal scored by Darren Bent with great movement. <\/p>\n
“Then we scored the second goal perhaps at a time when they were expecting to score their second goal.<\/p>\n
“I was a bit disappointed that we conceded the second goal because it was just eight minutes that we held the lead for.”<\/p>\n
Villa were fortunate not to concede through Jermaine Beckford’s strike in the second half which appeared to cross the goal-line. However, none of the match officials were certain enough to award it.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s impossible from where I was but none of my players said anything about it,” said Houllier.<\/p>\n
When told it was clearly over the line, the Frenchman remarked: “That\u2019s why we call for technology. The great debate has come back again.”<\/p>\n
After a string of poor results and a growing popular belief that he is unfit to lead Villa, Houllier is confident the tide has shifted after the draw.<\/p>\n
“I think the fact that we won the second half and in terms of effort and spirit and in terms of quality particularly in defending I think we were very good and I was proud of the players,” he said. <\/p>\n
“They showed character and also togetherness which is important.<\/p>\n
“Taking into account that the morale and confidence is not at its highest because of the defeats on the trot – and we still managed to win the second half 2-1 – we have to take that back with us because we fought hard. <\/p>\n
“It is not an easy place to come and get a result but we nearly did it.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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