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Everton always faced struggle to finish in the top four, says Ronald Koeman via The Guardian

• Koeman further hindered by failure to land target man
• Everton manager prepares to take on team he wishes to emulate, Tottenham
Ronald Koeman makes no secret of his disappointment about missing out on his main striking transfer target in summer – believed to be Olivier Giroud – but is realistic enough to accept that even with a new line-leader Everton would have a tough job cracking the top four.

“Even with the best striker the top four is always going to be difficult,” the Everton manager said. “We can try but everybody else is making their squads stronger too. We brought in some good young players but we lost 25 goals through losing Romelu Lukaku and we need to replace that productivity. Players like Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Sandro Ramírez are going to get more chances because we missed out on our No1 target, but we have to understand Sandro is 21 and Dominic 20.

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Tottenham’s Harry Kane gets lucky to chagrin of Everton and Pickford via The Guardian

If Everton are to break through the Premier League’s glass ceiling and move upwards into the top six at some point they are going to have to start beating the teams likely to finish above them. There was no sign of that here. Tottenham swatted away Everton’s challenge with almost contemptuous ease, leaving Ronald Koeman to reflect that even a significant amount of summer spending does not appear to have made the job any easier.

The Everton manager had been highly complimentary about Spurs beforehand, describing them as one of the strongest teams in the Premier League. That is not much of an exclusive or an insight as it happens, Tottenham have looked the part for at least a couple of seasons now, but lest anyone underestimate Mauricio Pochettino’s players after a slowish start to their league campaign this was an object lesson in how to control a game through application and intelligence.

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