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Everton-Arsenal tops/flops: Toffees midfielders engulf Gunners with ghostly Odegaard

2023-02-04T15:24:59.580Z


The dominant midfielder of the Toffees, Tarkowski as a symbol or Odegaard disappointing: find our tops and flops of Everton's victory against Arsenal (1-0) in the Premier League.


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Everton and its three lungs

If there is one battle that Everton won at Goodison Park on Saturday, it was that of midfield, in a 4-3-3 that most often looked like a 4-5-1.

At the heart of the game, a sector usually dominated by Arsenal, the trio of Amadou Onana, Idrissa Gueye and Abdoulaye Doucouré brought order.

Very clever whoever guessed it, between the overall state of form of Everton, who had not won for 10 matches, and the Doucouré case, who had not started in the Premier League since last August.

Amadou Onana (Everton) in the duel with Thomas Partey (Arsenal).

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But the Franco-Malian has responded to fill gaps, like Gueye, whose activity has complicated the circulation of the ball for Arsenal.

As for Onana (13 duels including 7 won, 4 tackles, 2 interceptions), Mikel Arteta will have nightmares.

In a box-to-box costume, the Belgian midfielder, former Lille resident, set the pace for the Toffees in the first period.

It is in large part thanks to him that Everton temporarily leaves the red zone of the Premier League, going from 19th to 17th place.

Tarkowski, Dyche's talisman

Like a symbol.

James Tarkowski was Sean Dyche's basic Burnley man, who had brought the club up to the Premier League before keeping it there five times.

And it is this same Tarkowski who put an end to Everton's black series, for the debut of the 51-year-old English coach on the Toffees bench.

With a precise header from a corner (60th), the central defender made Goodison Park exult.

Also imperial in its surface, like its partners.

FLOPS

Odegaard goes through

Remove the conductor from an orchestra, and the symphony will sound dissonant.

Everton had targeted the danger posed by Martin Odegaard.

Vitaliy Mykolenko set the tone with a big foul on him after 2 minutes of play. The Toffees did not hesitate to spring on the Norwegian attacking midfielder, sometimes in pairs, to stem his influence.

Mission accomplished.

His combinations near the surface with Bukayo Saka never succeeded.

Several badly measured passes, and a good situation in the area which he ruined by shooting well above the left (58th).

Just before Everton opened the scoring.

Jorginho and Trossard have not changed anything

Arsenal's winter recruits will not have changed the game.

Just before the goal, Thomas Partey and Gabriel Martinelli gave way to Jorginho and Leandro Trossard (59th).

The Italian midfielder, a defector from Chelsea, will have contributed to a certain stability.

At what point, as the Toffees logically retreated and left the ball to the Gunners at the end of the match?

We expected more thrill from Trossard, on his left side, to help pick up the score.

If he was in the legs, like a shot from the right repelled by Pickford (78th), the Belgian did not offer the decisive spark to the London club.

Besides, Arsenal didn't have any other scoring chances after his attempt.

A painful end to the match for the Premier League leader, who missed the opportunity to take an 8-point lead over Manchester City.

Source: lefigaro

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