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Romelu Lukaku says Everton should be favoured in second leg in Kiev

Romelu Lukaku said Everton are the favourites in their Europa League clash with Dynamo Kiev after winning their Europa League last-16 first leg 2-1.

The Belgian's penalty secured the win, with Steven Naismith having cancelled out Oleg Gusev's opener.

Asked if his side were favoured to come out ahead in the return leg in Ukraine, Lukaku told ITV Sport: "Yeah, definitely. It's going to be difficult over there.

"We are happy with the performance, we worked well after the first half and were unlucky to concede. We reacted well, kept going and could have scored three goals to be safe.

"We now focus on the league where we're not doing so well."

Manager Roberto Martinez said he was pleased with his team's response after allowing the visitors to score the opener.

"We started edgy and there was anxiety and we were cagey, but we were playing a good side," Martinez said. "We scored a very good goal, and then you saw momentum carrying us through.

"This is very pleasing as we kept Dynamo very quiet. We are now looking forward to the second leg, we have travelled very well as the fans allow us to be ourselves."