As predicted in my last posting, it's time for the Toffes to dust themselves off and pick up their game. What raised a couple of eye brows though was the depleted state that Everton was in, especially in the backline. Valente, Sandro, Stubbsy, Hibbo were all out. VdM was not even on the bench. Hopefully, he's not in some pub creating trouble.
So it's the first time you'd see Lescott in the leftback position, Weir may have started his first game of the season, Davis was i on the left flank. The rest of the guys were your usual suspect.
We weren't really controlling the match for the first 10 minutes or so. But a good overlapping run by Neville, which followed-up with a cross, saw Arteta's head guiding the bal into the back of the net.
AJ was also full of running throughout the match. Once again he didn't score, but he proved to be a nuisance when his dartig run into the penalty box was clumsily halted by a Sheff Utd's Claus David, who received a red card for his efforts.
Up stepped Beats who converted the penalty.
Even against 10-man, it was not easy going with the Toffees taking off their foot on the gas pedal.
It helped that Howard was also alert and that the opponent's strikers were misfiring.
Score: Everton 2 - 0 Shef Utd
Scorer: Arteta; Beats
Team Line-up (Rating)
Howard (8)
Lescott (7), Weir (8), Yobo (7), Neville (8)
Davis (7), Cars (7), Timmy (7), Arteta (9)
AJ (8), Beats (7)
Subs: Faddie (7), Ossie (7), Anichebe (7)
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