Iliman Ndiaye leaps onto the back of Beto as the Everton players celebrate during their win over Chelsea at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images

Vitalii Mykolenko has become adept at nullifying big names like Bukayo Saka and Mo Salah but there is one winger he would prefer to avoid - Iliman Ndiaye.

The Everton defender has been reunited with the Senegal international on the left of David Moyes’s first team since the injury suffered by Jack Grealish and Ndiaye’s return from the Africa Cup of Nations.

And it is through watching his ability in games and in training that Mykolenko has concluded a match-up against his teammate might be better avoided.

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Mykolenko, speaking of the threat Ndiaye is capable of providing, said: “If you play the ball to him, he can make everything, he can create, he can do anything with the ball. I think he's the most skilful player in the Premier League at the moment.

“Just play to his feet [if you want to...