Everton (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[PragueBlue]

That was a crazy game!

I thought we played very well first half after a lovely Doku goal and were in total control and then poor defensive mistakes from pretty much all of our back 4 in the 2nd half gave them 3 goals. I think we missed Rodri's calmness quite a lot today and some of our players looked quite tired.

In the end though I was pleased that we somehow managed to get get it back to 3-3 with another 2 lovely goals late on.

Anyway, it's a point and we now have to hope that Arsenal drop points somewhere, however unlikely it seems.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Where the fuck was that energy and fight for the previous 90 minutes?

I still think the title is done and all this paranoid waffle about referees, it might make some of you feel better but the truth is tonight’s performance was a shambles and we were lucky to get a point let alone deserve anything more.

 

[Ken92]

The Burnley game was the warning, this team is shite without Rodri keeping the defence calm and the ball moving.

Anybody who says Nico G is good Rodri replacement must be joking.

 

[kupest]

They targeted the space between our LB/RB and CBs effectively. Nunes looked poor is defense and Khusanov/Guehi turned into those times we used to have an ageing Demichelis trying to protect counters. Not sure what happened with both of them.

 

[youngbob]

Khusanov very young and Guehi new to City, they're just not used to this kind of test yet. They were always gonna have a night like this, just a shame it happened on the same night. People writing off Dias and Gvardiol, do so at your peril.

Definitely two points dropped but Doku's goal at the end there just keeps us alive and gives Arsenal a reminder that they're not gonna walk away with it. West Ham get a point, or win, next week and it's immediately back on. Over to them.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Can’t just blame him, Donna had his usual corner error.

They were playing on that, we should have done the same with T-Rex arms Pickford

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Not good enough.

On that and Burnley showing, Bournemouth is going to a tough tough watch.

We haven’t been good away from home all season. It’s not been great despite the odd decent performance. Burnley was worrying but this was a capitulation.

At 1-1 we had 25 mins left and we completely panicked. Inexperience cost us tonight:

At least if nothing else that goal will stop them dirty cunts finishing any higher.

That was a terrible error for their first goal. Shocking.

 

[mattyads]

We have seen this game so many times this season…

Get a goal, in control, then we just stop going fwd, we drift, not attacking, not defending…like some kind of hypnosis.

Which leaves you open to bonkers variables, like bad decisions, and individual howlers.

I think it’s a miracle we are still this close to competing for the league, it doesn’t feel or look like a title winning team, but I’m more positive for next season than I was say Jan time.

 

[Coatigan]

thank you doku, everyone else fuck off

Kush was outstanding.

 

[colbee59]

Nunes, Khus, Guehi, O Reilly, Bernardo, Gonzalez, Semenyo, Cherki and Haaland

All absolutely shite tonight, not one of them got a 7/10 tonight at a time when we needed a performance

10 days off for most of them and thats what they come up with

Doku and Donnarumma both excellent

Haaland put us back in the game

 

[noseve]

Seems that the Arsenal match clearly was the Lord Mayor's show - since then, 2x momentum-losers.

We need to absolutely cane somebody then we have a chance. Arsenal will be thinking they've won it now, a draw for them somewhere and it's back on.

4 shots on target against a mid-table team though - when you're going for the title - isn't really going to cut the mustard.

 

[Allnightlong]

Nico Gonzales will never be a satisfactory replacement for Rodri.

Kova is the better replacement

 

[bluethai]

All attackers except Doku should have done more at 1–0 instead of walking and passing sideways, thinking they had already won.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

Arsenal will be fucking sick after that last goal. It means they can’t slip. Still a way to go in this even though we’re all disappointed at tonight’s performance. At 3-1 I was desolate.
3-3 means your it’s your call bottlers !
Over to the Arse.
“City are still alive here”

 

[antspider]

Maybe we should practice actually crossing the ball into the box instead of sodding around outside it!!!!!!

 

[rodrizontal]

I think West Ham take points off Arsenal, probably a draw, but from today's performance, I'm not convinced we beat Bournemouth away.

 

[IrishBloodEnglishHeart]

A proper game of two halves by the way. I thought first half we were good and created some decent chances.

Started the second as if we were happy with the 1-0 and just invited pressure onto us.

Thank God for Jez

 

[malg]

 

[come-on-barney]

Just don’t get why we didn’t make a substitution at 1-0, it was obvious it was coming. Then we wait until 2-1 before substitutions.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Kush was outstanding.

Wasn’t he pretty poor for one of the goals?