Everton earned a 3-0 away win at Cardiff City on Tuesday night.
Everton earned an excellent 3-0 win away at Cardiff City on Tuesday night that lifted some of the pressure on manager Marco Silva – but Toffees fans are fed up with Theo Walcott.
Silva made five changes to his side to take on Cardiff after the 1-0 defeat against Watford on Saturday. Seamus Coleman, Phil Jagielka, Morgan Schneiderlin, Dom Calvert-Lewin and Walcott all returned to the starting eleven.
A brace from Gylfi Sigurdsson and a late strike from Calvert-Lewin earned Everton their first league win in their last four games. With Silva under huge pressure, the win was well timed.
Coleman pulled the ball back to Sigurdsson, who finished calmly past Neil Etheridge from 10 yards out. Great work from Bernard saw Sigurdsson blast the ball into the roof of the net, before Calvert-Lewin finished expertly.
Despite the win, Walcott was ineffective on the right flank as he wasted a number of chances – including a volley from eight yards out in the first half that he should really have scored. He was withdrawn with 82 minutes on the clock.
Everton fans reacted on Twitter to Walcott’s display, with it evident that the majority of the Goodison Park faithful are fed up with the player Sam Allardyce signed in January 2018 from Arsenal for £20million (BBC Sport).
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