Everton recorded a 0-0 draw against Aston Villa in the Premier League on Thursday. 

It was not the result that Everton fans would have wished for, as their hopes of finishing in the Premier League’s European places suffered a blow.

Everton did improve after the break, with defender Ben Godfrey drawing a save from home goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez from Gylfi Sigurdsson’s free-kick.

The 23-year-old was one of the rare positives for the Toffees from the game that was genuinely devoid of quality.

Many Everton fans took to Twitter after the game to react to Godfrey’s performance, with one fan even claiming that he was ‘unreal’.

Another went even further, claiming that the former Norwich City centre-back is better than Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk.

Godfrey made one attempt on target and made three clearances during the game. Here are some of the selected tweets from Everton fans:

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Positive things from this season :

1) We have a quality ST now in DCL

2) Godfrey has been unreal

3) Digne is the best LB in the league

4) Carlo Ancelotti has had us challenging for Europe all season