Everton's young Spanish attacker Gerard Deulofeu has talked up his side's chances of advancing to the League Cup final at Wembley, as the Toffees prepare for their semifinal second leg clash against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.
Carrying a 2-1 advantage from the reverse fixture ten days ago, Everton will be heading to a Wembley final for the first time since 2009 if Deulofeu and his teammates can put aside their poor Premier League form -- six wins, 11 draws and six losses sees them sitting in 12th place -- to focus on the mammoth task of defeating Manuel Pellegrini's team.
"The results in the Premier League are bad, but we are Everton and we have an amazing team," he told The Express. "We go to the Etihad for the win and to score because I think if I score it is an important thing.
"If I score then Manchester City will have to score two goals. Why not? We need to win this game and it is possible.
"It's true we can beat anyone. We can win every game because we have an amazing team, but in some parts of the game we need to take responsibility and concentrate more. It's more in the head. We need to show more passion."
His manager, Roberto Martinez, who has been under pressure this season for his side's failure to convert draws into wins agreed with Deulofeu's assessment of the team.
Despite an unenviable record of only winning 30 of his last 80 matches in charge, Martinez insisted that Everton will not sit back and allow City to come at them.
"My philosophy and my way of working is not to keep clean sheets," he told The Express. "My philosophy is to win games."
"They are one of the best sides in England, but this is a chance to achieve something special and if you want to win a title or get to Wembley you do not expect easy feats," he said. "This is as hard as you are going to get but we did it 10 days ago."
With possibly one of his biggest nights as manager of Everton, the Spanish tactician was defiant in his approach of the game, claiming that he will continue with his ways whether they make it to the final.
"We can't be told we are underachieving because we have never won anything before with this group of players," said Martinez.
"It is different when you have a team that for some reason has reached a very good level and for some reason the season after drops its level.
"Our young players know that now they have gone to a different level of scrutiny. It means when they do something good and exceptional they are going to be expected to win the World Cup for their country, and when they do something bad it is catastrophe and the end of the world.
"Mentally it is a very important process for them to learn that new role but we are going to carry on working to be a winning team and fulfil our potential and that's not going change by us reaching Wembley or not."
And with his star winger Deulofeu high in confidence, Wednesday night's semifinal second leg clash against Man City could go down as one of the club's biggest nights in history.
"The players are so excited about such a big game as Wednesday," said Deulofeu. "We need to win that and get to Wembley -- that's an incredible possibility.
"I want to go there and win the final but we have a very difficult game against City first. We have to win because in Premier League it's not been good.
"I have never been to Wembley. To have the chance now is great. I want to go there with Everton for the first time."
Everton's last piece of silverware came some 21 years ago when Joe Royle led them to FA Cup success in 1995.