Everton take a closer look at the Champions League access positions, separated by only two points, after winning 1-0 this month at a Southampton which is still in free fall.
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A triumph that allowed the Italian Carlo Ancelotti to break a series of three consecutive defeats Goodison Park, where “caramel” has not expired since December last year. But last week’s (0-2) victory over Liverpool in the “Merseyside derby” seems to have given new energy Everton.
Especially the Brazilian Richarlison and the Icelandic Gylfi Sigurdsson, authors of the winning goals at Anfield, who scored the first goal at home.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin after nine minutes he took a long ball from goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to leave it at the feet of Sigurdsson, who on Monday was in his natural position, the midfielder, filtered a pass for the arrival of Richarlison who signed 1-0 after avoiding the departure of the goalkeeper visited Fraser Forster.
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A goal that rewarded the best staging of an Everton that on Monday could not rely on the Colombian James Rodriguez, to which Ancelotti decided to rest, so as to fully recover from the slight discomfort he had been dragging throughout the week.
Absence that did not prevent the “coffees” from creating danger every time they approached the rival area, just the opposite Southampton, who, despite enjoying a greater possession of the ball, failed to generate any clear opportunity in the first half.
A lack of mordant that contrasts with the danger Everton, who bypassed the second goal on every fixed piece he had throughout the game.
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But Ancelotti’s men did not end up realizing any opportunity, which allowed them Southampton to live until the last minute, when the Dane Jannik Vestergaard had his tie in his boots.
However, the northern central defender, who picked up a dead ball in the area, hit his shot into the body of the local goalkeeper. Jordan Pickford, that in his only intervention in the whole match he saved Everton’s triumph.
A victory that placed those in Carlo Ancelotti, who have one game less than the rest of their rivals, just two points away from the access positions in the Champions League.
The goal for which Southampton fought until recently, which came to lead the standings in early November, and now looks suspiciously at the bottom of the table, after chaining nine consecutive days without knowing victory.
EFE