Lucas Digne has spoken on how it was “an honour to captain Everton” at the weekend.
The left-back was handed the armband by Marco Silva for his side's clash against West Ham on Saturday afternoon, with club captain Seamus Coleman out suspended and Gylfi Sigurdsson dropping to the bench.
The boss described before the game as a "must-win" - and the Blues produced arguably their best performance of the season.
Goals from Bernard and Sigurdsson handed Silva's side a deserved 2-0 win, bringing an end a run of four consecutive defeats in the league.
And Digne opened up afterwards on his pride at leading his side out at Goodison Park.
“Our captain was suspended and I knew that Gylfi (Sigurdsson) would not be starting, so I knew that I was going to be captain," the former Barcelona man told Canal Plus after the game.
"The coach spoke to me about it, I took this on with enormous pleasure and it is an honour to captain this team.
"They are great guys, this is a big club and so it is a big responsibility, the coach believes in me enormously and I can only be happy.”
