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Tom Davies forced his way into Sam Allardyce’s plans after seeking advice from the manager’s coaching staff.

The 19-year-old has started two of Everton’s last three games and was the stand-out performer when coming off the bench against Arsenal.

Davies sealed the Blues’ win over Crystal Palace at Goodison on Saturday when he made it 3-0 from close range to open his account for the season.

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The West Derby teenager had found it tough to nail down a place in the team under Big Sam but has impressed in a midfield three with Wayne Rooney and Idrissa Gueye.

“He asked what he needed to do to get back into the team,” Allardyce revealed.

“He didn’t ask me. He asked the coaching staff and Ryland (Morgans). They said here are your training stats - lift up your training stats and you will have a better opportunity to get into the team and his impressive work in training caught the eye.

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“Then we looked back and what the combinations were here and the combinations of Wayne, Gana and Tom have worked very well at Goodison. Long may he keep it up.”

“It shouldn’t be unusual (that he asked),” added Allardyce.

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“There are enough staff here to feed you exactly what you want in every shape or form you need. Sometimes players don’t do enough in analysing their performances. I think that is very important because when you have that information why ignore it?

“He worked much harder in training and lifted his capabilities of getting around the pitch and he scored today.”

Morgan Schneiderlin was relegated to the bench for the second time in three matches after playing the full 90 minutes in last weekend’s humiliation at Arsenal.

Schneiderlin was brought on in the closing stages to replace the injured Gueye on Saturday but was met by a chorus of boos.

“What it says is that for whatever reason they think he should be doing better,” Allardyce said.

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“That is what it says. I think we all strive to do better whenever we can and we go through a bad period which has happened for players this season.

“I think we are overcoming it, especially at home.

“When I am reeling off eight home games since I have been here 17 points, three goals today.

“He had to replace Gana who was feeling an injury and we had already had two players off injured and it is very important that players in the squad are supported really.

“Confidence is everything especially when you are playing at home, so I was surprised.”