The weight of history is against us :
History suggests the Emirates is the toughest place to start. Everton have taken fewer points there (two) under Moyes than at any of the big four and even in 2004/05, the season they earned Champions League qualification, found themselves on the receiving end of a 7-0 drubbing – albeit three days after an evidently big night out at Albert Dock to celebrate finishing fourth. They came closest three seasons ago when leading 2-1 through a delicious Steven Pienaar chip until Tomas Rosicky equalised with a deflected shot in stoppage time.
Perhaps this was the reason Moyes, despite an air of quiet confidence – “I feel good about the team, there are a lot of good things about them right now” – rated Everton’s Champions League prospects as “15 per cent” yesterday. “I am really loath to talk it up or think that way because it’s such a difficult game for us. Undoubtedly our record has not been great at the Emirates. We go there as big outsiders to make it.” Everton’s last success at Arsenal was in January 1996, eight months before the arrival of Arsène Wenger. Graham Stuart and Andrei Kanchelskis were the scorers in a 2-1 victory.
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History suggests the Emirates is the toughest place to start. Everton have taken fewer points there (two) under Moyes than at any of the big four and even in 2004/05, the season they earned Champions League qualification, found themselves on the receiving end of a 7-0 drubbing – albeit three days after an evidently big night out at Albert Dock to celebrate finishing fourth. They came closest three seasons ago when leading 2-1 through a delicious Steven Pienaar chip until Tomas Rosicky equalised with a deflected shot in stoppage time.
Perhaps this was the reason Moyes, despite an air of quiet confidence – “I feel good about the team, there are a lot of good things about them right now” – rated Everton’s Champions League prospects as “15 per cent” yesterday. “I am really loath to talk it up or think that way because it’s such a difficult game for us. Undoubtedly our record has not been great at the Emirates. We go there as big outsiders to make it.” Everton’s last success at Arsenal was in January 1996, eight months before the arrival of Arsène Wenger. Graham Stuart and Andrei Kanchelskis were the scorers in a 2-1 victory.
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