Everton lost 1-0 to Burnley at Goodison Park on Sunday.
Everton lost 1-0 to Burnley at Goodison Park on Sunday in the Premier League. It was their second defeat at home this season
The Toffees have now lost four of their past five Premier League games, and are just two two places above the relegation zone.
With this victory, Burnley have moved into sixth in the Premier League, and it’s been a brilliant achievement for Sean Dyche’s side who have picked up points against Chelsea, Tottenham, and Liverpool away from home this season already.
Jeff Hendrick scored the only goal of the match with a superb move that included a series of 24 passes.
Everton made a lively start to the game, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Oumar Niasse and Gylfi Sigurdsson impressing. However, they struggled in the second half as they chased the equaliser.
Former Chelsea winger turned football pundit, Pat Nevin said that there wasn’t enough intelligence from Everton.
He rightly pointed out that the second half was disappointing and said that Ronald Koeman’s side looked like a “mid-table team”.
“There wasn’t enough intelligence from Everton. Some of their players are surrounding the referee claiming they should have had a penalty. It certainly wasn’t deliberate hand ball,” said Nevin on BBC 5 live Sport (BBC Live blog – 16:10 pm).
“That is not the problem with Everton. They didn’t play well. They had lots of the ball but didn’t look like creating a chance in the second half.
“All through the team it looks like a mid-table team, in fact it doesn’t look that good!”
Former Newcastle United striker and BBC pundit Alan Shearer also added that Everton were a long way off, and pointed out the club’s failure to sign a replacement for Romelu Lukaku.
“They are not good enough, they are a long way off. They haven’t replaced Lukaku. I know that’s a big ask but they haven’t got the bodies in they needed to,” said Shearer on BBC 5 live Sport (BBC Live blog – 16:10 pm).
“The obvious questions will be asked of Ronald Koeman.”
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