Everton’s winless run towards Manchester Metropolis continues as Pep Guardiola’s aspect scored twice within the remaining ten minutes to safe victory.
Not since a 4-0 victory throughout the 2016/17 season have the Toffees tasted success towards the Etihad aspect, though they did come near sealing a draw at Goodison this afternoon.
David Moyes’ males held out resolutely all through the match, however ultimately, Metropolis’s high quality shone by way of as objectives from Nico O’Reilly and Mateo Kovacic stole the three factors.
With Premier League survival sealed, Moyes can now experiment over the ultimate few matches of the marketing campaign.
In opposition to Metropolis, a number of gamers starred, whereas others struggled to make a lot of an impression.
Everton’s greatest and worst gamers towards Man Metropolis
Earlier than coming off with an damage, James Tarkowski loved a strong show. He received 100% of his complete duels contested, together with dropping possession simply 4 occasions. Would Everton have misplaced if he had nonetheless been on the pitch? Hindsight is an excellent factor.
Elsewhere, Abdoulaye Doucoure seemed strong after netting a late winner final week. He succeeded with all 4 of his dribble makes an attempt whereas profitable 50% of his complete duels throughout the recreation.
These two have been the standouts, however a couple of of the beginning XI struggled to contribute a lot. Jack Harrison delivered one more poor efficiency on the fitting wing. He didn’t ship a single correct cross from 5 makes an attempt, misplaced possession 13 occasions and made only one key cross.
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Everton vs Manchester Metropolis – Key Statistics |
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Metric |
Highest-Ranked |
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Correct passes |
Ruben Dias (97) |
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Key passes |
İlkay Gündoğan and Omar Marmoush (2) |
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Tackles |
James Garner (6) |
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Floor duels received |
James Garner (7) |
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Profitable dribble makes an attempt |
Omar Marmoush (5) |
Armando Broja was by far the worst performer in an Everton shirt at Goodison as we speak, nonetheless, that’s for positive.
Why Armando Broja have to be axed by David Moyes
The on-loan striker had made simply 9 Premier League appearances previous to the Metropolis conflict as he has been hampered by damage points.
Certainly, he was making solely his third begin for the Toffees at Goodison as we speak, however he failed to supply a lot menace within the remaining third.
All through his 63 minutes on the pitch, Broja accomplished simply 4 passes whereas taking 22 touches, 30 fewer than Jordan Pickford in objective. The Albanian even didn’t register a single shot at objective whereas profitable only a single floor duel and dropping the ball 14 occasions.
Moyes should axe the striker, as he gives no main menace when chosen to start out as a centre-forward.
Journalist Chris Beesley of the Liverpool Echo gave the striker a match score of 5/10, stating that he ‘labored onerous to attempt to make an impression however wanted to be stronger as little caught earlier than he was hooked once more’, but this merely wasn’t ok for Moyes.
His mortgage deal expires on the finish of the present season, and given his present kind, he’ll return to Chelsea forward of the 2025/26 marketing campaign.
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Beto changed him throughout the Metropolis conflict, and going ahead, he must be the one to start out video games below Moyes. That’s a certainty.
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