Match Thread Everton v Manchester City - Team Prediction, Match Report & MotM Poll

[Victus]

Can't be having people crying that we lost to City, jesus wept.

 

[lieneverton]

We’ll agree to disagree. We’ve only deserved to lose one of the last three and that was tonight against the world champions.

No big deal.

Sorry, too reasonable. We're down.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

That was a very different City.

Aye, still miss it though

 

[Ring master]

He slotted it well so your statement is rubbish.

who scored Everton's 1 goal Joey, wake up. i know its late where you are lol

stop been silly and sayng goals that have not counted are given as goals lol

 

[PhilRegan]

Spurs away and then the best team in the world Man City!!??!!

Perspective please. Should have taken at least a point at WHL and competed strongly tonight and at 80 mins a smash and grab was a potential.

We are showing the very same fight as we did with the 4 wins, just lack of quality.

The rest of them still have Spurs and City remember.

But we didn't take any points and thsts the ole expected loss mantra, judge a team by its name

 

[lieneverton]

Can't be having people crying that we lost to City, jesus wept.

People getting their knickers in a twist because Luton dared to win a couple of games which they were always going to do at some point.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Wasn’t really brushed, they had to work for it

Did they though? honestly?

 

[Tim's tourettes]

Outclassed but kept fighting. We don't have anyone even near to the quality of Foden and Bernardo. They made the difference

 

[bluejohn66]

The penalty was at the very best BENT !!!, his arm was not unnatural... He was falling to the floor, his hand did not move to the ball and it was fired at him from a kin yard away FFS!!!. Over the past few months countless penalties have been waived away when the ball has been smashed at the opposition player. VAR is for a clear and obvious error by the officials and awarding that WAS a clear and obvious error !!!

 

[Osamabindiesel]

The thing that City have done on the defensive side better than anyone for quite some time is they narrow the space. They make it very difficult for you to exit your own half. If you can get past that first layer and force them to defend, you can cause them problems. Unfortunately you have to take your chances when you get there and if you don’t, you leave them the opportunity to smother you in your own half. I’m glad we scored first and made it interesting. Always going to be tough against them regardless of the form they are in.

 

[PhilRegan]

There are also different types of losses. We've been beaten by the best team in the world after being right in the game right until the last 5 mins, and mostly dominated a top 4 contender away from home and were absurdly unlucky not to get something.

If we get 1 point from our next 3 I can accept there may be something deeper. But no reasonable person can seriously tell me after the last couple of games they're suddenly panicking.

A loss is a loss though points wise.

 

[DanB90]

City good value for the win in the end tbf (with a helping hand), but won’t knock the effort of any of the players today.

Another day that could’ve easily gone a different way.

I’m not gonna start throwing poo around because we failed to hang on against one of the best football teams in the world.

 

[Dublin blue 75]

Never any shame in that, especially when the lesser team puts in a real shift. Everton did.

Most worrying thing for me is Calvert-Lewin being completely incapable of finishing his chances.

That’s a growing concern.. Beto had a chance tonight and to be fair did ok. But he’s a different less athletic type of player. Could we try Dobbin instead of DCL?

DCL has has 4-5 gilt edged chances (Mostly headers) in recent games and all fluffed

 

[when i score we riot]

Such a joke calling them "World champions" for winning the most minor piece of silverware there ever was. Ugh.

At least this feeling when losing tonight beats whatever we've been going through last season though. Much rather be angry about football than darkly apathetic, haha

 

[lieneverton]

A loss is a loss though points wise.

Obviously. But people are panicking as though this is evidence of everything falling apart, which is an utterly nonsense conclusion to draw.