And breathe. Liverpool moved some extent additional clear on the prime of the Premier League desk after they had been held to a 2-2 draw by Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday evening however it wasn’t an evening with out its fair proportion of drama.
A shocking 98th-minute thunderbolt from centre-back James Tarkowski secured a dramatic level for the hosts, of their final Merseyside derby of their long-term house.
That got here after targets from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah had cancelled out an opener from Toffees centre-forward Beto within the first half.
There have been a number of disappointing performances on the pitch for Arne Slot.
Central defender Ibrahima Konate is without doubt one of the gamers who might not be finest happy along with his efforts at Goodison.
Ibrahima Konate’s efficiency in opposition to Everton
The France worldwide was chosen to begin alongside Virgil van Dijk at centre-back for the Reds after each gamers had been rested for the 1-0 defeat to Plymouth Argyle final trip.
Konate can be disillusioned along with his try to forestall Beto from getting throughout him and thru on objective from the fast free-kick for the Everton opener, as he allowed the ahead to get goalside to complete previous Alisson.
The previous RB Leipzig man was additionally dismissed too simply within the field moments earlier than Tarkowski’s objective, as he appeared to say a foul by exaggerating the contact. Whilst you might argue that there was sufficient contact for a foul, the defender needed to be stronger in that essential second of the sport.
Konate did, nonetheless, win 100% (8/8) of his aerial duels within the match and was not dribbled previous a single time, which reveals that his normal efficiency was robust, however he let himself down in two important moments.
He was not the worst performer on the sphere for the Anfield giants, nonetheless, removed from it. It is protected to say Slot will not be too pleased with the efficiency of his man…
The Liverpool star who have to be dropped after Goodison
It is protected to say that Hungary worldwide, Dominik Szoboszlai, put in a efficiency that would see him dropped.
He got here again into the beginning line-up within the quantity ten place after the horror present of Plymouth Argyle and actually struggled to stamp his mark on the sport, regardless of placing loads of effort in.
Szoboszlai failed to supply a lot in or out of possession for Liverpool and let himself down when he tried to name for a penalty within the second half after a coming along with Vitalii Mykolenko. Rio Ferdinand described his actions as “embarrassing” for staying down on the ground after the incident.
|
Vs Everton |
Dominik Szoboszlai |
|---|---|
|
Minutes |
90 |
|
xG + xA |
0.05 |
|
Go accuracy |
72% |
|
Duels misplaced |
10/13 (77%) |
|
Possession misplaced |
16x |
|
Dribbled previous |
4x |
As you possibly can see within the desk above, the previous RB Leipzig star misplaced the vast majority of his bodily duels with Everton gamers and was dribbled previous a whopping 4 instances, because the opposition midfield discovered it far too straightforward to get the higher of him.
The appropriate-footed dud additionally misplaced possession far too continuously, contemplating the extremely little risk he supplied within the remaining third, and that’s the reason he was even worse than Konate, as his all-round show was merely not adequate.
Due to this fact, Slot should immediately ditch the central attacking midfielder from the beginning line-up, after his disastrous displaying at Goodison on Wednesday evening.
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