The undefeated run ended in some style up at Goodison Park and the best way to describe it is the post match press conference where Patrick Vieira was asked what went wrong? His reply – ‘everything’.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 3pm
- 21st October 2022
- Goodison Park, Goodison Road, Liverpool L4 4EL
RESULT
Everton 3-0 Crystal Palace
PLAYER RATINGS
|
13 |
Vicente GUAITA |
6.4 |
|
2 |
Joel WARD |
5.5 |
|
16 |
Joachim ANDERSEN |
6.3 |
|
6 |
Marc GUEHI |
5.7 |
|
3 |
Tyrick MITCHELL |
6.2 |
|
4 |
Luka MILIVOJEVIC (15 Jeffrey SCHLUPP 62 mins) |
6.2 (6.0) |
|
9 |
Jordan AYEW (23 Malcolm EBIOWEI 75 mins) |
6.4 (5.9) |
|
10 |
Eberechi EZE |
6.1 |
|
22 |
Odsonne EDOUARD |
5.9 |
|
7 |
Michael OLISE (14 Jean-Philippe MATETA 62 mins) |
6.4 (5.7) |
|
11 |
Wilfried ZAHA |
5.9 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES – 5 James TOMKINS, 19 Will HUGHES, 21 Sam JOHNSTONE, 43 Kofi BALMER, 44 Jairo RIEDEWALD, 55 Killian PHILLIPS
OPPOSITION LINE-UP
|
1 |
Jordan PICKFORD |
6.9 |
|
19 |
Vitaliy MYKOLENKO |
7.2 |
|
2 |
James TARKOWSKI |
7.5 |
|
30 |
Conor COADY |
7.0 |
|
23 |
Seamus COLEMAN |
7.4 |
|
8 |
Amadou ONANA (37 James GARNER 78 mins) |
7.3 (6.3) |
|
27 |
Idrissa GUEYE (26 Tom Davies 86 mins) |
7.2 (6.2) |
|
11 |
Demarai GRAY (7 Dwight MCNEIL 73 mins) |
6.4 (6.9) |
|
17 |
Alex IWOBI |
7.5 |
|
10 |
Anthony GORDON (16 Abdoulaye DOUCOURE 86 mins) |
7.9 (6.0) |
|
9 |
Dominic CALVERT-LEWIN (20 Neal MAUPAY 78 mins) |
7.8 (6.3) |
UNSED SUBSTITUTES – 4 Mason HOLGATE, 5 Michael KEANE, 15 Asmir BEGOVIC, 33 Solomon RONDON,
TEB VERDICT
There was not one problem that contributed to this defeat – there were several. Palace got away with a win against Leeds and draw against Leicester by not playing that well, but this time around.
A string of poor performances across the pitch meant that the Eagles could get very little going and were toothless in attack throughout the afternoon. We had suspected it would be a difficult game as soon as Cheick Doucoure received his fifth booking of the season on Tuesday, but not quite this difficult.
The midfield is an issue even with Doucoure in the team and it really felt like Luka Milivojevic was hung out to dry with no help in the middle of the park. Let’s be honest, the Serbian is not on the same level as the Mali international, he probably wasn’t in his prime.
The other issue is that more and more we are seeing that some players are not comfortable with the pressing game as much as others – the likes of Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise do not find it a natural part of their game, understandably.
And finally, we need more progressive full backs who can play with the ball. Too often the play is slowed down when the ball ends up with our full backs. You only have to take a look at how Semedo played for Wolves against Palace in the week – yes, they lost and he did cost them in the region of £30 million but that is the kind of player we need either side of the centre backs.
Of course, Patrick Vieira will see this squad as a work in progress (he probably hoped it would be further on than it is) but this game clearly highlighted a number of those issues. Having said that, there is no excuse for not having any fight.
POST GAME QUOTES
PATRICK VIEIRA – “We didn’t play, we didn’t compete and we made it easy for Everton. Everything was missing in our game today. This is the first time that I have a bad feeling about the way we performed. We let ourselves down We were second-best in every department. In the end we got what we deserved.”
FRANK LAMPARD – “I’m absolutely delighted. It was everything we needed today. We’ve been on a tough run of games which we have competed in but today had everything. It had the organisation, the aggression and real energy in the team and them some real quality goals from us against a real quality opposition.”
MATCH STATISTICS
|
Star Man |
Anthony GORDON (7.9) |
|
Goals |
Dominic CALVERT-LEWIN (11), Anthony GORDON (63), Dwight MCNEIL (84) |
|
Assists |
Alex IWOBI (11, 84) |
|
Most shots |
Demarai GRAY, Anthony GORDON, Eberechi EZE, Michael OLISE (2) |
|
Most tackles |
Seamus COLEMAN, Amadou ONANA (6) |
|
Most dribbles |
Dominic CALVERT-LEWIN, Wilfried ZAHA (2) |
|
Team rating |
6.99 – 6.03 |
|
Total shots |
9 – 9 |
|
Shots on target |
6 – 2 |
|
Yellow cards |
James TARKOWSKI (68), Wilfried ZAHA (68), Marc GUEHI (68), Jeffrey SCHLUPP (68), Jean-Philippe MATETA (80), James GARNER (90+1) |
|
Red cards |
None |
|
Possession |
46.5% – 53.5% |
|
Pass success |
81% – 85% |
|
Passes |
5 – 4 |
|
Dribbles |
11 – 12 |
|
Aerials won |
11 – 10 |
|
Tackles |
26 – 19 |
|
Fouls |
16 – 14 |
|
Corners |
3 – 4 |
|
Saves |
2 – 3 |
|
Dispossessed |
14 – 18 |
POSITION IN THE TABLE
|
POS |
TEAM |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
PTS |
|
11 |
Everton |
3 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
13 |
|
12 |
Crystal Palace |
3 |
4 |
3 |
-4 |
13 |
|
13 |
Bournemouth |
3 |
4 |
3 |
-13 |
13 |
UPCOMING FIXTURES (ahead of World Cup break)
29/10/22 Southampton (h) – Premier League (3pm)
06/11/22 West Ham United (a) – Premier League (2pm)
09/11/22 Newcastle United (a) – League Cup (7.45pm)
12/11/22 Nottingham Forest (a) – Premier League (3pm)
