That’s where I wanted to be! Everton’s 0-1 win over West Bromwich as a visitor means that, at the moment, the “cafes” are in fourth place in the Premier League standings, right in the direct qualification zone for the Champions League, that more than one goal is almost an obsession.
Colombian James Rodríguez did not appear this time either, the second game absent due to physical problems that were not detailed, but Richarlison was there, in a great night and Sigurdsson, in another game in which he found ways to rival gate and gave vitality to the attack.
At 90 seconds, the alarm rang for the first time at Everton, after a Diagne header forced Pickford to lie down to deflect him. And since then, Ancelotti’s team has suffered, fragile when the restless people of West Bromwich put balls behind the scoreboard. Fortunately, they missed the target and soon, in about 15 minutes, they took their foot off the gas.
The problem is that Everton’s proposal was not clear: he sat better on the field and went washing, but then there were no connectors in the attack, it was a fairly flat team and only Richarlison, 37, with a shot just above the crossbar, and Calvert-Lewin, on one of the few occasions he was remembered for, missed the goalkeeper at 43. He may not have been James, but he lacked a bit of talent to play. .
At the age of 51, West Bromwich came close with a double header in the area that the locals could not take advantage of and then Ancelotti realized the situation and authorized the arrival of Sigurdsson. And from there it was another game: Allan balanced in the middle and released men like Gomes, while the Icelander, a minute after his entry, put the ball on Richarlison’s head in the corner kick to celebrate 0-1 at 65 minutes.
He wanted more Everton, tried, bet with three strikers and tried to pass, and the reality is that at 90 + 3 he was saved when Diagne’s equalizer was canceled out after a gross error by Pickford and a controversial decision. VAR (another one), but in the end he understood that a single goal gives three points and so the blind fell, in another key victory away from home, thinking about the European positions. Yes, it was another happy day without James on the field. The risk is that it becomes common …