This was one match that Singapore was not showing live. So I caught the game only this morning. Why I'd wanted to catch this game was not because of Timmy's goal, but it was because of Dan Gosling who was making his Everton debut. Ossie wasout of this match with a bruising ankle courtesy of the bruiser, John Terry in the previous match, while the entire strike force is out injured.
Anichebe made it to the bench but did not start as Moyes may not want to throw him in the deep end and then risking losing the one and only striker who has just came back from his back problem.
Everton gave a pretty good account of themselves with Pienaar making a nuisance of himself on the left wing. Fellaini earned his customary yellow card once again with multiple man-handling incidents. But the giant Fellaini still made sure he ruled the air above 6 feet. Arteta was his usual enterprising self and created much chaos when he takes his free kicks and corners. He has even added winning headers to his resume. Bainsey has shown why he's such a good player and I really hope Moyes won't sell him off in Jan 09. Hibbo is in his normal dogged style and the defence of Jag and Lescott did not make any major boo-boo. Timmy, toiling on his own, also made sure Everton took the lead.
A sweet cross by Arteta, headed down by Lescott. Timmy took two bites at the cherry - one was blocked by the defender, the second was when the opposing goalkeeper had to pick the ball out of the net. As for Gosling, it was a pretty ok start on the right wing. He chased every ball, and he even tracked back and tackled opposing striker. With more composure, he would have scored three goals with the position that he was in.
Though Boro continued to attack, their moves were mostly muted by the team's good inter-play. Another good win, another away win.
Score: Boro 0-1 Everton
Scorer: Timmy
Assist: Lescott
Subs: Nil
No comments:
Post a Comment