There are two ways to lose a match: the normal route and the Everton method. More injuries and Dele Alli officially retiring ought to do it.
A lot can change in three months. When Everton and Chelsea last met in May, Richarlison and Timo Werner led the respective lines. Alex Iwobi played at wing-back to ensure there was central midfield space for Fabian Delph. Antonio Rudiger marshalled the visiting defence.
The former was hoist by the petard of his own errant back pass. That it went out of play, only for Jordan Pickford to strike a clearance straight into Kai Havertz and encourage Godfrey to make a forlorn amends, only added to the sheer Everton of it all. and what he can do. Be it down to Lampard’s own foibles or those of his squad, Everton can only compete to a point. Their game plan works until it doesn’t.
Anthony Gordon was deployed as a nominal centre-forward against Chelsea but what he offers in effort and work-rate, the 21-year-old lacks in guile – particularly up against a defence as experienced as Cesar Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva and Kalidou Koulibaly.but one moment late on summed up the last few years of his career. Nathan Patterson pounced on a rare Koulibaly mistake to launch a counter-attack, slipping Alli in.
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