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Everton manager Ronald Koeman eyes Champions League spot after victory

Everton manager Ronald Koeman has not ruled out the possibility of his side making a late run for Champions League qualification.

Saturday's 2-0 win over bottom side Sunderland extended their unbeaten Premier League run to nine matches, a spell during which they have taken 21 points.

Although they remain in seventh place, Arsenal are only six points ahead in fourth having played one match fewer.

Koeman said: "The worst situation for a football player is you play for nothing. We want the highest position, but I like to play for something.

"Above us is still a gap but when it is five or six points it is still possible to reach them.

"But the first team behind us is West Brom [four points back] and we get West Brom at home in two weeks."

Romelu Lukaku scored his 17th league goal -- making him the Premier League's leading scorer -- to wrap up victory after Idrissa Gueye had smashed home his maiden Premier League goal just before half-time.

It equalled Duncan Ferguson's club record for Premier League goals, with the Belgium international reaching the 60-goal mark in 129 matches, 110 fewer than Ferguson.

"Of course, Duncan knows that Romelu will beat his record," Koeman said. "I think he will be happy when the record is broken because that means Lukaku is scoring and, normally, if he scores goals it gives the team three points."

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