Neal Maupay let Everton down vs Spurs

Everton have been handed an unforgiving process this night as they travelled to Tottenham Hotspur hoping to be the first visiting team to choose up any factors on the venue this season.

Having seen their six-game Premier League unbeaten run crumble final weekend in opposition to Manchester United, Frank Lampard hoped to see his facet bounce again following a poor efficiency six days aho.

As an alternative, yet one more defensive show which was marked by particular person errors noticed a possible level on the street soften away.

Two second-half objectives from Harry Kane and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg secured a 2-0 lead to a recreation by which Spurs dominated the ball. They boasted 62% possession and had 21 pictures in comparison with the Toffees’ four, though it was Jordan Pickford’s fumbled shot and subsequent penalty conceded which led to the impasse being damaged simply earlier than the hour mark.

Their lack of menace up entrance was largely a difficulty stemming from Neal Maupay, who was an invisible entity at centre-forward. Dominic Calvert-Lewin remained unable to begin, with Lampard preferring the Frenchman as he manages the 25-year-old’s injury comeback.

The shortage of bodily presence to disrupt a rock-solid Tottenham again three meant that there was no one to hit if issues obtained robust for Everton, and in the event that they did give it to him it might seldom stick.

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This was proven by the truth that Maupay managed simply 15 touches all night, whereas he misplaced possession five instances. This meant that the 26-year-old misplaced the ball as soon as for each three touches that he had – even Pickford managed to the touch the ball with far higher regularity (41).

The French ahead couldn’t manage a single shot all night and solely accomplished nine passes. He additionally competed in three duels, of which he solely managed to win one.

Maupay’s 66-minute culminated in an underwhelming 6.6 SofaScore score, a good evaluation of his harmful efficiency. He was understandably hauled off by Lampard in an try and salvage one thing from the sport.

This efficiency from the previous Brighton marksman will definitely go away the Everton boss craving for the complete return of Calvert-Lewin. 

When a group operates in a low block because the Toffees did tonight, they rely closely on the work price of their forwards. With Maupay, they have been sorely let down.

He price his group, because it left the Everton midfield with no choices and created an enormous disconnect between the entire group. It additionally severely worsened the performances of Dwight McNeil and Demarai Grey, and as soon as Calvert-Lewin is nice to begin, you sense that Maupay may drop out as a consequence.