Ademola Lookman arguably stole the show for Everton on Saturday.
Marco Silva has suggested that Ademola Lookman’s performance for Everton on Saturday was his best of the season so far.
The 21-year-old winger was arguably Everton’s best player as Silva’s side limped into the fourth round of the FA Cup by beating Lincoln City.
Lookman opened the scoring at Goodison Park with a tidy header after 12 minutes and overall looked a constant menace for the League Two side yesterday.
It hasn’t been a great season for the former Charlton Athletic starlet who, despite a number of exciting cameos, has only started one Premier League game so far.
But the Portuguese manager reckons that his performance on Merseyside yesterday was perhaps his finest of the campaign thus far, especially after a recent injury.
“When Lookman picked up the injury he was in a very good moment, in the best moment of his season,” he told The Liverpool Echo.
“He is coming back. He is a different player to our other wingers.”
Yes, it was only against Yeovil, but Saturday’s performance can hopefully act as a springboard for Lookman, who missed the Christmas run-in for Everton.
He is undeniably a class act when he’s on top form and, excitingly, remains only 21 years of age.
He has been on the Toffees’ books for two years now, after his big-money switch from the Addicks, so he ideally should start producing more and more and this may be the start of it.
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