Everton struggler has really impressed David Moyes in training ahead of Brighton

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Everton are making their trip down to the south coast on Saturday to face Brighton & Hove Albion.

The Toffees are going into the game on the back of a seriously impressive victory over Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.

There were a number of Everton players who showed much-improved performances against the London outfit.

David Moyes will be encouraged by what he has seen from his Everton players who showed a lot more fight on Sunday.

Jesper Lindstrom has impressed Moyes since the 60-year-old took on the job.

However, there is another player who has really shone in training at Finch Farm on the back of the victory last weekend.

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Dominic Calvert-Lewin shines in Everton training

It has been a really difficult season for Dominic Calvert-Lewin who is yet to sign a new contract at Everton.

The goal he scored against Spurs was incredibly well taken for a player who had not found the back of the net since September.

Speaking in his Friday press conference, Moyes admitted he had been left really impressed with what he saw from the striker since the game on Sunday.

“It’d be easy to say no, but I think there’s just a wee bit more of the eye of the tiger. He got rightly praised for his performance on the weekend,” said Moyes.

“I was still saying he should have scored a couple more, we talked about it. But maybe a wee bit of tough love with him, he needs to be told but he also needs to be given the confidence that he can do it.” 

Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler has praised Calvert-Lewin coming into the game on Saturday.

And his side may need to be wary of the 28-year-old riding a real wave of confidence following what was perhaps his best display of the campaign.

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Calvert-Lewin needs to nail down some Everton consistency

Inside the opening four games of the season, the striker had returned two goals, with those goals coming in consecutive games.

Moyes spoke to Calvert-Lewin following his arrival back on Merseyside with the striker struggling for confidence.

Now the 28-year-old has been able to find the back of the net, he needs to capitalise on that confidence and get another goal to his name.

Calvert-Lewin has received interest from abroad this month, but it seems as if Everton will want to keep the striker around until at least the end of the campaign.