Chelsea 1 – 0 Everton Given my passion for history and war films, I couldn’t resist including the film about Operation Market Garden in the title. There is logic in my own mind. I will start by re-quoting myself: an average game between two average teams. Chelsea didn’t impress and seemed nervous; Everton didn’t impress […]
Everton thought they'd done well by limiting Chelsea to just one goal in an awful first half where no glove was raised, but David Moyes finally put on the players needed to challenge — and they might have won late on but for two fine stops by Sanchez.
Everton’s resolute defence against the current Champions and financial pariars Manchester City was final broken after Moyes’s subs seemed to backfire.
Everton faced a difficult test on Saturday when they took on Nottingham Forest at the City Ground…
Arsenal had the better quality players and controlled much of the play, but rarely threatened. In the second half, we came out and gave it more of a go with the match becoming end-to-end.
After giving up a pretty soft goal in the first half, Everton were gifted an even softer penalty that Ndiaye converted just after the break to earn another point in Moyes's perennial battle to avoid relegation.
In summary, there wasn't much in this one, but a reminder that we need change in the playing staff. We'll get the points needed, but to move forward, a long summer of decisions is needed.