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Everton 1 Swansea 1.
Everton are magic. Sometimes perhaps, but not today. Instead, today again we saw the slow start that has been endemic of this season, followed by the gradual coming to life when Everton inevitably concede a sloppy goal.
It was a terrible first half really, we lacked penetration and consistency in the final third, and gifted them a penalty. Jag’s form looks to have fallen off a cliff recently, he had no business whatsoever making that challenge in the box. We did create one good chance come the end of the half, but unfortunately it fell to Bolasie who predictably blasted it straight at the keeper.
Enter halftime, Koeman gets the hackles up and it’s a new Everton team that starts the second half.
Perhaps Koeman needs to move that ‘bloody wake up’ speech to pregame. Everton looked far bettter, attacking with intent and purpose but lacking the incisiveness to cut through the Swansea rearguard. The game plan seemed to be to pepper the opposition box with crosses, which was fruitless.
Bolasie in particular got in to good positions on many occasions, only to be incredibly wasteful with a poor quality ball into the box. Mirallas, Deulofeu and Valencia come on to try and change the game, but it is Swansea that almost grab a second against the play, as Sigurdsson forces a good save from Stekelenburg. Thankfully Seamus was in the right place at the right time to grab a late equaliser, but we are left with more questions than answers on a frustrating day of footballing inconsistencies.
MOTM: Coleman with the late goal.
Player Ratings:
Maarten Stekelenburg 6
Phil Jagielka 3
Leighton Baines 5
Ashley Williams 5
Seamus Coleman 7
Aaron Lennon 5
James McCarthy 4
Yannick Bolasie 5
Idrissa Gueye 5
Ross Barkley 7
Romelu Lukaku 5
Substitutes:
Enner Valencia
Kevin Mirallas
Gerard Deulofeu
Everton are magic. Sometimes perhaps, but not today. Instead, today again we saw the slow start that has been endemic of this season, followed by the gradual coming to life when Everton inevitably concede a sloppy goal.
It was a terrible first half really, we lacked penetration and consistency in the final third, and gifted them a penalty. Jag’s form looks to have fallen off a cliff recently, he had no business whatsoever making that challenge in the box. We did create one good chance come the end of the half, but unfortunately it fell to Bolasie who predictably blasted it straight at the keeper.
Enter halftime, Koeman gets the hackles up and it’s a new Everton team that starts the second half.
Perhaps Koeman needs to move that ‘bloody wake up’ speech to pregame. Everton looked far bettter, attacking with intent and purpose but lacking the incisiveness to cut through the Swansea rearguard. The game plan seemed to be to pepper the opposition box with crosses, which was fruitless.
Bolasie in particular got in to good positions on many occasions, only to be incredibly wasteful with a poor quality ball into the box. Mirallas, Deulofeu and Valencia come on to try and change the game, but it is Swansea that almost grab a second against the play, as Sigurdsson forces a good save from Stekelenburg. Thankfully Seamus was in the right place at the right time to grab a late equaliser, but we are left with more questions than answers on a frustrating day of footballing inconsistencies.
MOTM: Coleman with the late goal.
Player Ratings:
Maarten Stekelenburg 6
Phil Jagielka 3
Leighton Baines 5
Ashley Williams 5
Seamus Coleman 7
Aaron Lennon 5
James McCarthy 4
Yannick Bolasie 5
Idrissa Gueye 5
Ross Barkley 7
Romelu Lukaku 5
Substitutes:
Enner Valencia
Kevin Mirallas
Gerard Deulofeu
