Our final game at Goodison Park and a missed chance to take all three points as a lack of quality when it mattered and missed penalty from Anthony Gordon saw the match end 0-0.
We came into the game enjoying our best start to a Premier League season for 13 years, but we had a point to prove away from home after such an awful display at Fulham in our last match on the road.
The performance was OK in patches – we controlled large parts of the game, our energy levels were far better than previous away days and we created enough openings – but our final ball or finish was often lacking and leaves us wondering what might’ve been.
The result sends us into the international break sixth in the table and on 12 points after our opening seven games, although Spurs could go above us tomorrow should they win at Brighton.
As expected, we stuck by the same 11 that held Man City to a 1-1 draw last weekend, seeing Lewis Hall, Kieran Trippier, Sandro Tonali and Jacob Murphy keep their place in the side, while the Toffees were missing two first choice defenders in Jarrad Branthwaite and Vitaly Mykolenko.
We made a half decent start and came within a whisker of going 1-0 up on 10 minutes as a corner fell to Bruno at the back post from Tonali’s glancing header. The Brazilian struck his volley back across goal and Pickford was beaten, only for Ndiaye to somehow scramble off the line.
Calvert-Lewin was proving a handful for our centre-back, but it was Doucoure who headed the ball into the back of the net on 18 minutes – only to be flagged for offside after replays showed he’d gone just beyond Schar from Garner’s cross. That was our warning and a wake up call, lifting the Goodison Park crowd even if their celebrations were short-lived.
Gordon looked sharp and was picking up pockets of space when coming short, although we had to target Everton’s full-backs; a 39-year-old Ashley Young and a midfielder at right-back in James Garner. Tonali also had to sharpen up in…
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Author : Olly Hawkins
Publish date : 2024-10-05 18:31:57
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