Key occasions
89 min: Everton substitution Youssef Chermiti replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin, whose nice purpose separates the groups.
88 min Aguerd tries to position one from 25 yards. It’s kicked away and Everton break. Their defence has been very good at the moment. You can actually see why Jarrad Branthwaite has so many admirers – he’s tall, sturdy, deceptively fast and appears very calm for a 21-year-old in such an important place.
87 min West Ham have had one shot on track, and I can’t even keep in mind it. They virtually get fortunate when Aguerd’s mishit cross is tipped over the bar by the backpedalling Pickford. I believe that might have gone in.
85 min: West Ham substitution Danny Ings replaces Aaron Cresswell, which implies a swap to a again three.
84 min “It started way before the 1990s,” says Richard Hirst of the ABU tradition. “I would say the hooliganism of Utd’s supporters in the 1970s, together with the dislikeability of the teams that had the snarling little ……. of the likes of Mickey Thomas and Arthur Albiston. But other views may be available!”
You’re proper – I used to be referring particularly to the phrase “Anyone But United”, which I believe was coined by any individual in Ireland when United had 4 gamers despatched off in 5 video games within the spring of 1994. Alan Mullery wore a Blackburn jacket on Sport in Question (I believe) – they have been United’s title rivals that season – and the entire thing began to develop.
82 min Alvarez is booked for leaving one on Onana. He’ll miss the Brentford recreation as nicely.
81 min If it stays like this Everton will transfer as much as fifteenth (assuming Nottingham Forest, who’re 2-0 down at Anfield, lose by at the least two objectives). They could be solely two factors behind Chelsea and, extra importantly, 5 forward of Luton in 18th. As Phil Grey mentioned within the third minute, they may nicely survive even when they’re deduced 12 factors.
80 min Everton have defended fantastically, nevertheless it’s onerous to fathom how poor West Ham have been going ahead. This is the sort of efficiency that generates hashtags.
78 min Pickford makes a superb point-blank save from Kudus, although it wouldn’t have counted as Kudus was offside.
77 min Benrahma is booked for pulling again Garner, one other man who has quietly established himself on this Everton crew.
76 min “As the ‘inspiration’ I’d happily go with Eric Petersen’s suggestion,” says Richard Hirst. “It would be interesting to see how far Man Utd would be below all other teams, as everybody other than Utd supporters most disliked team. And to think in 1968 I wanted them to win the European Cup: it wouldn’t happen now!”
I used to be doing one thing on 1992-93 just lately and it’s fascinating, wanting by means of the archives, to see how a lot goodwill there was in the direction of Man Utd. Within a 12 months they have been loathed and the idea of Anyone But United was born.
75 min Calvert-Lewin crashes a shot off the underside of the bar, although he was nicely offside.
75 min Everton proceed to frustrate West Ham’s assault. That centre-back pairing of Tarkowski and Branthwaite seems to be like a keeper.
74 min “I’m glad Alphonse Areola is getting a run in the team,” writes Kári Tulinius. “Being a goalkeeper is such a weird role, because as Arteta has shown this season, players can’t rotate in and out without sending some fans and commentators into meltdown. He’s much too good to be a benchwarmer.”
He is. I used to be going to say “so is Fabianski”, then I realised he’s 38 years previous. When did that occur?
73 min: West Ham substitution Tomas Soucek replaces James Ward-Prowse. That’s a slight shock, particularly as you’d think about Soucek has been introduced on partly for his risk at set-pieces.
72 min If it stays like this, and that’s a fairly sized if, Everton may have quietly gained 4 of their final six video games in all competitions. They threaten to make it 2-0 when Garner’s low cross in the direction of Harrison is minimize out on the close to put up.
71 min The crew information is in for the Manchester derby. You can comply with that recreation with Tim de Lisle.
69 min Paqueta is booked for dissent, which implies he’ll be suspended for subsequent week’s recreation at Brentford.
68 min The nook results in one other handball enchantment, I believe in opposition to Onana. VAR says no. The ball did hit Onana’s arm nevertheless it was by his facet.
67 min Bowen will get away from Mykolenko, however the spectacular Branthwaite comes throughout to concede a nook.
67 min West Ham have been actually poor going ahead. It’s changing into an issue, and one which doesn’t make a lot sense with gamers like Paqueta, Kudus and Bowen on the sector.
65 min McNeil’s rising drive from distance is pushed over by Areola, a snug save.
65 min Benrahma appeals for a penalty when the ball hits McNeil within the space. His arm was tight to his physique so there’s nothing to see.
64 min “Richard Hirst (33 min) has prompted me to consider the possibility of documenting a personal Premier League table of support, factoring in not only all these allegiances that we of a certain age have collected but also their rivalries,” writes Eric Peterson. “For example, I became an Everton supporter specifically because of my enmity toward Liverpool, which arose from a part of my youth spent in Italy and seeing them beat my hometown Roma in the 1984 European Cup. I’m fond of Fulham because my sister’s family visited Craven Cottage during a London holiday and were besotted by the experience. Consequently, that makes it more fun to make fun of Chelsea’s recent woes.
“I’m fond of West Ham because Everton legend David Moyes has found a happy home there. That means I’ll be hostile toward Millwall if they ever bounce up into the Premier League. And I’d welcome Leicester back into the top tier with open arms, from the joy I felt from their title run under former Roma defender Claudio Ranieri. Which means I don’t care for Nottingham Forest being re-established in the Premier League. And so on, and so on.”
63 min Bowen is fouled 25 yards from purpose, which results in a row between Alvarez and Tarkowski.
60 min The ensuing nook is headed over below strain by Doucoure.
60 min: Brilliant save from Areola! It’s Everton who look extra seemingly in the intervening time. Mykolenko’s lengthy ball was headed on fantastically by Calvert-Lewin within the centre circle. Doucoure surged by means of and, with defenders closing on both facet, minimize throughout a low, first-time drive from the sting of the D. It was shaping away from Areola, who obtained down fantastically to his left to fingertip it around the put up. That’s terrific goalkeeping.
59 min Alvarez rifles over the bar from 25 yards. West Ham are beginning to get slightly determined.
57 min: Substitution for West Ham Said Benrahma replaces a subdued Michail Antonio. That means Lucas Paqueta will play as a false 9.
56 min Paqueta tries an overhead kick on the far put up and finally ends up shinning the ball away from purpose.
54 min Paqueta’s cross is headed in the direction of his personal purpose by the off-balance Mykolenko. It drops to Bowen, who volleys over from a decent angle.
53 min VAR checked for a doable foul by Branthwaite within the construct up however they have been pleased with the problem.
Harrison performed a easy quick move into Calvert-Lewin on the sting of the realm. He turned neatly away away from Zouma and Aguerd earlier than dragging a exact first-time shot again throughout purpose. It beat the diving Areola and rolled into the nook. It’s Calvert-Lewin’s fiftieth Premier League purpose for Everton.
GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Everton (Calvert-Lewin 51)
The strategy is actually working for Everton!
50 min “Boring and cagey might be the way that Everton need to operate to nick three points in games like this one,” says Matt Burtz. “If they can stay organised and maintain the clean sheet, there’s enough firepower on the bench with the likes of Beto and Danjuma to score a late winner. But I also imagine Dyche would readily accept a scoreless draw.”
Yep, agreed. When I mentioned it was a poor recreation I wasn’t being vital of the strategy. Pragmatism has labored for each these managers all through their careers.
48 min: Chance for Bowen! Cresswell curls the free-kick to the far put up, the place Bowen will get the fallacious facet of the sleeping Doucoure however heads over from eight yards. Though he needed to stoop to fulfill the ball, it was nonetheless a fairly good probability.
48 min Cresswell tries to play a one-two with Ward-Prowse and is fouled by Patterson. Free-kick to West Ham on the left wing…
46 min Peep peep! Everton start the second half.
“If today’s MBM gets too dull,” begins Fred Decker, who has an attention-grabbing tackle the phrase ‘if’, “you might want to check out the highlights of last night’s final from the Canadian Premier League, our tier-2 pro league after MLS.
“Calgary’s Cavalry FC were tops in the regular season, but faced second-place Forge FC from Hamilton (a steel town, like Sheffield, hence the name) who had won four of the five CPL titles to date. Forge are Cavalry’s bogey team, and although Cavalry had the better chances it was 0-0 after 90 minutes. The match was settled by three highly entertaining goals scored in a ten-minute span, beginning at the 101st minute. Link is here.”
From the archive, an FA Cup quarter-final from 1991. I believed Stuart Slater was going to be a star.
Extended highlights right here if you happen to favor.
Half-time studying
Here’s Jonathan Wilson’s column on the large showdown this afternoon: Gian van Veen v Michael van Gerwen.
Half-time pluggery
These podcasts are nice, if barely tragic, enjoyable to file. I’ve no thought whether or not they’re enjoyable to take heed to, and with an attacking trident of Giggs, Cantgona and Waddle, I don’t care.
Half time: West Ham 0-0 Everton
Or, to place it one other method, Pragmatism 1-0 Idealism. Both sides have labored onerous, and we should always most likely go away it at that. It’s been a poor recreation.
45+2 min McNeil’s flat cross is headed nicely extensive by Onana. It was no kind of probability. But Sean Dyche will likely be fairly happy as a result of Everton have saved West Ham quiet and had marginally the higher probabilities. It’s not precisely an xG orgy however I’d be stunned if Everton aren’t forward.
45+1 min “I can’t believe that someone at Everton has had the audacity of comparing their current shower with the great Danish Dynamite team of the 80s,” says Justin Kavanagh. “What would an apt nickname be for these greyshirts? The Everton Evaporation? The Toffee Tranquilisation?”
Arf. Well, of their defence, it was any individual at Hummel fairly than Everton – numerous their shirts this season have the Denmark 86 design.
45 min Five added minutes.
44 min Look, this isn’t an amazing recreation. We’ve had solely two pictures on track, each fairly tame. But at the least it means we’re not following the cricket.
43 min “Every True Blue mourns the death of one of our own,” says Gary Naylor. “Success in theatre is more a matter of alchemy than it is in sport. I mean, Hamilton, Book of Mormon, Sweeney Todd? One common factor is casting for which there is no reliable playbook. As in football, it is critical, as demonstrated in Dear England, in which Joseph Fiennes is brilliant as Gareth Southgate, but the whole production would fail were it not for the guys playing Jordan Pickford, Bukayo Saka, Dele Alli and, especially, Harry Kane. Highly recommended and streaming soon!”
The sequel, Jude Conquers the World, sounds too.
41 min Onana stays down holding his head after a problem with Kudus, who caught him with an arm as he fell. It was nothing sinister.
40 min Mykolenko’s hopeful cross is headed over from 15 yards by Calvert-Lewin.
38 min Now it’s West Ham who’re struggling to maintain the ball. Maybe that can swimsuit them, such is their prowess on the break.
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