Mason Holgate: Everton players wanted Tottenham result for Andre Gomes

Everton defender Mason Holgate admits the players were determined to get something out of the match with Tottenham after Andre Gomes devastating injury but their dramatic late draw still felt like a defeat.The Portugal international will have surgery on Monday after an horrific fracture dislocation of his right ankle late in the 1-1 draw at Goodison Park.Everton were trailing to Dele Allis goal but deep into the 12 minutes of time added on for Gomes to receive treatment substitute Cenk Tosun snatched an equaliser. View this post on Instagram An update on @aftgomes21. Were with you every step of the way, Andre. #getwellsoonandre #gomes #andregomes #recovery #everton #efc #blues #toffees #evetot #premierleague #plA post shared by Everton (@everton) on Nov 3, 2019 at 2:59pm PSTHolgate said the players felt they owed it to their injured team-mate.Its hard to cope with. I have been on the pitch for two, I saw James McCarthys as well, and both were the same in that everything goes flat, said Holgate, referring to his former team-mates lower leg double fracture in January 2018.You just have to get together and make a stand as a team but the game goes flat and you can feel the whole mood changes.It is hard when something like that happens to get going again but we showed fight and went again.Everyone at the Club sends their best wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery to @aftgomes. pic.twitter.com/ZOYpM3ylDq Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 3, 2019But it shows what we are about as a team. We got together and I think it drove us on a bit more once we got going, trying to do it for him.It was really flat (in the dressing room). It was like we had been beaten.He is all our friend and our team-mate so we are all gutted and wishing him the best.We have all felt the pain he has felt and we are all feeling really bad and in a low place but it is about us getting together when he comes back into the training ground and trying to make it as positive as possible for him.Gomes will undergo surgery on a broken ankle (Nick Potts/PA)That Everton were able to force an equaliser was a credit to the players in the circumstances as many were visibly distraught, although Tottenhams players were also affected with Son Heung-min who was sent off for the tackle after initially being shown a yellow card in tears.Unfortunately it did not alter the clubs overall circumstances with just one win in seven league matches leaving them 17th, just three points above the bottom three.In 25 league matches under Marco Silva Everton have yet to win a game when they have gone behind but Holgate wanted to take positives from the performance.Thinking of you brother @aftgomes We're all here for you. Hope to see you back on the pitch as soon as possible. pic.twitter.com/WLLIVxL9sU Jordan Pickford (@JPickford1) November 3, 2019Team spirit is improving now. We got together. We werent happy with a draw, we wanted the win, but we took it, added the defender.I think we all rallied together in the last bit of the game. After a slow start we warmed into it, had a few chances, and were coming into the game more and more and I think that showed.Obviously they nicked one but in other times this season once that has happened we have struggled to break down teams but we stayed strong, stayed together, and we looked dangerous and nicked a goal.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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