John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Leon Bailey and Jhon Duran all on target at Villa Park
It should have been 3-0 on 27 minutes, at which point all sides of this stadium partook in a minute’s applause for Michael Jones, the 26-year-old construction worker who lost his life at the site of Everton’s Bramley-Moore Dock stadium on Monday. Bailey chopped inside Idrissa Gueye, the former Villa midfielder, but Diaby’s shot from Douglas Luiz’s layoff was tame. The same could not be said for Diaby’s next effort, a sumptuous volley that smacked a post via Pickford’s left glove.
Villa were rampant and should have been out of sight before half-time. Watkins almost latched on to a hanging Lucas Digne cross. Everton finally registered their first shot on target into nine minutes of first-half added time when Arnaut Danjuma, who replaced Calvert-Lewin, got a shot away after latching on to a neat reverse pass by full-back Nathan Patterson.
The Everton support were restless and vocalised their feelings, as did the scattered few that were still left at full time. Another nine added minutes followed the end of the second half and Everton could be forgiven for wanting the pain to end. Lewis Dobbin, who entered at the break in place of Gueye, showed an initial spark but ran out of road down the left flank and from there a pale performance continued.
Digne’s quick-thinking was the catalyst for Villa’s third. The former Everton left-back threw the ball into a huge hole in the visitors’ 18-yard box and by the time the defence cottoned on Keane inadvertently helped the ball into the path of Bailey, who stroked his shot through the legs of Pickford and in. Pickford covered his face and Dyche combed his hand over his head.
Maupay replaced Alex Iwobi, who pulled up after stretching to reach an Amadou Onana pass. As Iwobi hobbled down the tunnel, it felt almost cruel that Youri Tielemans, Philippe Coutinho and Diego Carlos limbered up on the touchline. A penny for Dyche’s thoughts and all that. Coutinho was forced off in second-half stoppage time but the damage had already long since been inflicted. – Guardian
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