Everton would have walked away from their Premier League stalemate with Arsenal because the far happier facet, having pissed off the Gunners all afternoon by placing in a defensively dogged show.
Mikel Arteta’s males would solely muster up one big chance all contest consequently, as Sean Dyche‘s guests deliberately sat again in an effort to decide up a share of the factors, with Arsenal even amassing a whopping 77% possession.
The Everton defenders actually earned their reward come the full-time whistle, due to this fact, with the likes of James Tarkowski battling exhausting all through the 90 minutes to maintain stars corresponding to Kai Havertz at bay.
How Everton’s defence carried out on the Emirates
The aforementioned Toffees captain led by instance on the Emirates Stadium alongside his centre-back companion Jarrad Branthwaite, because the ex-Burnley man efficiently received four duels alongside making seven clearances to protect his resolute facet’s clear sheet.
Branthwaite additionally put his towering 6 foot 5 body to good use with three duels of his personal received, while Jordan Pickford needed to keep alert all through with 5 saves tallied up which might consistently frustrate faces corresponding to Bukayo Saka making an attempt to beat the clued-up 30-year-old.
While Pickford would rightfully win loads of plaudits on the full-time whistle for some top-notch stops, Ashley Young additionally put in a gritty show on the again to make sure a draw was sealed, with the ex-Aston Villa man profitable a elegant seven duels to routinely thwart Gabriel Martinelli bombing ahead.
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Everton’s very personal Alexander-Arnold
It wasn’t simply in north London that Younger has shone this time period. For his relegation-threatened facet this marketing campaign, he has starred as an attacking menace, with the 39-year-old rolling again the years to develop into his facet’s reply to Liverpool phenom Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Typically working as a winger throughout his hay day within the Premier League, Younger’s creativity from this extra forward-thinking spot remains to be managing to return to the forefront as he now usually strains up in a again 4.
This season thus far, the top-flight veteran has amassed an impressive one goal and three assists, with that solitary strike coming towards Wolverhampton Wanderers in a complete 4-0 win only one match earlier than the shut-out at Arsenal.
This resurgence is much more admirable contemplating there have been shouts for Younger to be axed from Goodison Park this summer time, together with his excessive £40k-per-week wage the subject of many a dialogue on Merseyside.
Now, he’s greater than justifying this steep pay packet, together with his numbers not too dissimilar to that of Alexander-Arnold – in response to FBRef.
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Younger vs Alexander-Arnold – 24/25 PL numbers |
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Stat |
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Video games performed |
13 |
14 |
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Targets scored |
1 |
0 |
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Assists |
3 |
3 |
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Shot-creating actions * |
2.40 |
4.08 |
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Passes tried * |
50.23 |
76.51 |
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Progressive passes * |
5.75 |
7.46 |
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Tackles * |
3.11 |
2.34 |
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Interceptions * |
1.44 |
1.03 |
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Clearances * |
3.11 |
1.28 |
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Stats by FBRef (* = per 90 minutes) |
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Whereas the Everton veteran is understandably nonetheless rating behind Trent for a number of numbers, you may see the similarities between the 2 in the best way they progress the play by way of their passing.
“I feel he naturally will get about his enterprise. He is obtained a terrific old-school factor about him, he is very trendy to take care of himself, however he simply will get on the market and does it.” – Dyche on Young.
Unsurprisingly, Younger has extra defensive know-how than the Real Madrid-linked 26-year-old too, with extra tackles and clearances averaged when glancing on the above desk, albeit the Toffees are extra defensively energetic than Liverpool.
It has been fairly the sharp turnaround for the ageing full-back, who will hope these stellar performances preserve coming in an effort to see out the twilight of his enjoying days in type.
Dyche does have a status for getting probably the most out of skilled heads at his disposal, with the Toffees boss retaining his fingers crossed that Younger and Co can proceed selecting up outcomes just like the draw at Arsenal to push additional away from the dreaded relegation spots.
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