Everton fans furious after conceding from another set-piece vs Man City
Everton vs Man City
Everton hosted Man City on Wednesday in the first of five very tough home games.
After facing City at home, Everton will take on Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United at Goodison Park.
Everton’s next 5⃣ home games:
Man City
Liverpool
Chelsea
Arsenal
Man Utd https://t.co/1KOF9r9ECr— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) February 6, 2019
Everton are currently 9th in the league but with the above run of home games, it is hard to see them staying there.
The Toffees have also been pretty poor in recent weeks, losing three of their last five Premier League games.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 06: Leroy Sane of Manchester City is closed down by Theo Walcott of Everton during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Manchester City at Goodison Park on February 06, 2019 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matt McNulty – Manchester City/Man City via Getty Images)
Laporte gives Man City the lead through a set-piece
While Everton have been out of form recently, they started the game vs Man City very well.
Unfortunately for Everton, their biggest weakness under Marco Silva once again cost them.
After losing to Wolves, Everton had conceded their 11th goal from a set play this campaign.
This promoted Everton striker Cenk Tosun to call on his team to improve:
“We have a lot of meetings with all the players together and we are improving every day.
“But we have to work on set-pieces a little more as a team.” As quoted by Sky Sports.
However, despite all the meetings Everton are said to have had, they were still poor at defending set-pieces vs City.
This eventually cost them in the 45th minute as Aymeric Laporte headed home from a David Silva free-kick.
What a time to score!@ManCity in front on the stroke of half-time, but @Everton‘s set-piece woes continue!
Watch in-game clips from @Everton vs @ManCity on Wednesday in the Sky Sports app and follow it here: https://t.co/U1AtLpIu22 https://t.co/AS2g2xrHvp
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) February 6, 2019
Twitter reaction
After conceding their 12th set-piece of the season, Everton fans were furious on Twitter.
HT: EVERTON 0 MANCHESTER CITY 1
Laporte’s impressive header in first-half stoppage time has the reigning #PL champions on course to claim top spot
SPOILER ALERT: Everton conceded from a set piece…
Can the Blues hit back and do neighbours Liverpool a favour? #EVEMCI pic.twitter.com/hETpFZcILM
— Omnisport (@OmnisportNews) February 6, 2019
Everton concede in set piece shocker
— JP (@jpcoogan81) February 6, 2019
How can a team do consistently concede from free-kicks and corners? Everton’s inability to defend set pieces is killing them game after game #EFC #EFCMCI
— Matthew Jones (@mattjones_sport) February 6, 2019
It doesn’t matter how “good” you look when you can’t score goals and you can’t defend set pieces. @Everton are about to drop a lot of points over the next month. Buckle your seat belts.
— Bailey BT Turner (@JustTwoLetters) February 6, 2019
#everton just wasted 45 minutes of really solid play. Why can’t they defend set pieces?? #EVEMCI
— Marc Christopher (@MarcC856) February 6, 2019
When Everton concede from yet another set play pic.twitter.com/hVlqQLARsc
— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) February 6, 2019
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