Landon Donovan

Landon Donovan thinks Everton can compete with Manchester City, Manchester United, Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle

Everton star Landon Donovan believes Everton are able to compete with the likes of Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Newcastle and the Toffees intend to prove it when they face Chelsea on Saturday.

The Toffees beat league leaders Manchester City last week but drew to basement dwellers Wigan at the weekend to continue an inconsistent season for David Moyes’ men.

“Since the day I got here there has always been the belief this team can compete with any team in the Premier League,” said Donovan.

“When I was here last time we beat Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and should have drawn at Tottenham - so there is no fear in this club.

“We have a lot of respect for Chelsea, they are one of the best teams in the world, but we feel at Goodison we have a chance and we are going to go for it.

“They’ve come off an interesting result against Manchester United (squandering a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 on Sunday) so it will be an interesting game to see how they respond to that.

“We feel good in how we’re playing, we like how we’re playing right now and our form has been pretty good so it makes for a really good match-up.”