Everton’s depressing begin to the brand new season continued after a 4-0 defeat at Tottenham, which noticed goalkeeper Jordan Pickford make an enormous error.
After a 3-0 residence defeat to Brighton on the opening weekend, Sean Dyche’s aspect have now conceded seven objectives from their first two video games and sit backside of the Premier League with out scoring.
Spurs’ opener on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was unstoppable, nonetheless, as Yves Bissouma thundered residence from simply exterior the sting of the field off the underside of the bar within the 14th minute to place his laughing fuel incident behind him.
Then got here Pickford’s blunder as England’s primary dallied on James Tarkowski’s backpass to permit Heung-Min Son to nick the ball off him and end into an empty internet within the twenty fifth minute.
Pickford’s embarrassment summed up a poor first half from the guests, whose solely shot heading in the right direction got here within the 58th minute when substitute and debutant Jesper Lindstrom noticed an effort saved by Guglielmo Vicario.
However simply as Everton started to get a foothold within the second half, the Toffees had been undone at a nook within the 71st minute as Cristian Romero headed residence on his a hundredth Spurs look.
Extra distress got here simply six minutes later for Everton as an exquisite surging run from Spurs centre-back Micky van de Ven noticed him tee up Son, who completed low from a good angle for his second of the sport.
Whereas Spurs’ season is now up and operating with their first victory of the brand new season after Monday’s 1-1 draw at newly-promoted Leicester, Everton’s considerations will solely have deepened. They’ve now misplaced their opening two Premier League matches for the third consecutive season and stay with out an away league victory in 2024.
Dyche: It is not our first rodeo
Everton boss Sean Dyche talking at his post-match press convention:
“It is troublesome right here and we’re stretched and all the remainder of it, I do not like making excuses, however we’re, that is a reality. It is a unusual scenario right here and it has been right here for plenty of years, however in my 19 months we type of construct one thing after which we’ve to return down the hill once more to then remind ourselves of the problem after which all of us pull collectively and we do it once more.
He added: “The second [Pickford’s mistake] clearly, it is inconceivable to legislate for therefore you are 2-0 down and while you’re 2-0 down at a spot like this, wherever within the Premier League, it is robust in opposition to good sides and they’re a very good aspect and then you definately’re on that threat or reward of opening up, attempting to have an effect on the sport in a constructive method, understanding that golf equipment like this with these kind of gamers who they’ve introduced in, they’ll damage you and naturally they did, they opened us up and that is the chance or reward of life within the Premier League.”
Requested why they began poorly at Spurs: “Yeah, as a result of they’re Tottenham and so they [Everton players] go searching and go the place are all of our gamers? The place are the entire normal gamers? So there is a human response to that.
“We have finished effectively when the challenges have come our means, whether or not it has been accidents or skinny squads or no cash or noise across the exterior, we have finished nice, we have actually pulled collectively and gone proper, let’s simply take it on.
“So I reminded them of that afterwards, I mentioned look, we’ll knock the primary two video games of the season, there are lots of the explanation why – gamers lacking, pre-season accidents and all the remainder of it, however remind ourselves that this has been spherical earlier than. It is not our first rodeo, so subsequently let’s take it on, let’s develop with that mentality. And but once more, we’re written off instantly, so I mentioned in a bizarre means, we appear to be good at that, we get written off after which everybody pulls collectively and we begin altering the story once more. I imply, it is a head-scratcher, however it’s robust.”
Postecoglou: Bissouma’s objective begin to redemption
Tottenham boss Ange Postecolgou to Sky Sports activities:
“The efficiency was good, it was good final week. We restricted them to what they’re good at – set items – which we handled effectively. It is actually encouraging for us.
“I additionally felt, so long as we maintain performing and creating probabilities, these type of issues [scoring that second goal] take their flip. Good urgent on Jordan [Pickford] by Sonny and he acquired his rewards.
“We wish to maintain enhancing. Final week was a robust efficiency as effectively, we dominated the sport, however we’ve to shut it out. After we do dominate a sport, we’ve to make it rely and we did that in the present day.”
On Yves Bissouma’s objective following his one-game suspension for his laughing fuel incident: “It is a begin. However he nonetheless has work to do.
Yves Bissouma celebrates after scoring Spurs’ opening objective in opposition to Everton
“There is no doubting his high quality. However we wish to make him the very best model of himself, that begins with off-field as a lot as on-field.”
Maddison: We had been extra ruthless in the present day
Tottenham midfielder James Maddison chatting with Sky Sports activities:
“The scoreline was fairly devastating while you have a look at 4-0, however it was completely deserved. We put away the probabilities we did not put away on Monday night time [against Leicester], that usually means three factors.
“It was good to take the criticism from the supervisor of being extra ruthless and the subsequent sport we have put it into apply.”
Odobert makes promising debut as ‘particular’ Van de Ven continues to wow
It was becoming that Wilson Odobert’s debut got here as a shock following his shock £30m arrival from Burnley.
Barely per week into life at Spurs, the Frenchman was thrown straight into the crew as he began on the left wing after which delivered an thrilling show that acquired the Spurs followers out of their seats.
The 19-year-old was electrical within the first half and triggered Everton loads of issues. The numbers proved his risk as he made essentially the most dribbles (7) and had essentially the most touches within the opposition field (7) of any participant.
Odobert continues to be uncooked as he gave away a unfastened move within the second half that just about resulted in Everton scoring, however his debut was “actually thrilling” in keeping with Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou.
The Australian additionally had reward for Micky van de Ven as he labelled him “a particular footballer” after he delivered one more distinctive efficiency. He’s an actual followers’ favorite now.
The Dutchman’s lightning pace makes him a cheat code as he helped unlock Spurs’ fourth objective with a superb surging help from his personal field for Son to attain.
There have been main fears when the 23-year-old regarded critically injured within the first half because the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium held its breath, however he was shortly again up and operating – as are Spurs now after that disappointing opening draw at Leicester.
Alarm bells already ringing for woeful Everton
Simply two video games into the brand new Premier League season and Everton are already in a world of ache.
Zero factors, zero objectives scored and 7 objectives conceded depart Sean Dyche’s aspect all-time low of the desk after thrashings by Brighton and Tottenham.
Vitaliy Mykolenko throughout Everton’s defeat at Tottenham
The Toffees are making undesirable historical past having misplaced their first two video games in a top-flight season by three or extra objectives for the primary time. On the different finish of the pitch, they’ve solely had two photographs heading in the right direction to date – one in every of the defeats.
The alarm bells are already ringing at Goodison Park – their final season on the floor earlier than they make the transfer to the brand new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. The membership can’t start life there with Championship soccer, which brings additional added strain to this marketing campaign.
If this dismal type continues, although, then second-tier soccer may effectively develop into a actuality, with a perception the promoted groups this 12 months are stronger than final season’s.
Nonetheless, Dyche remained defiant and upbeat in his post-match press convention that his aspect can flip issues round with key gamers nonetheless to return.
However what Dyche doesn’t want is his main stars making foolish errors, as goalkeeper Jordan Pickford did for Spurs’ second with an embarrassing blunder.
It was an error that sums up Everton proper now.