Everton vs. Crystal Palace match thread

In the post match press interview Ollie looked quite relaxed. Referring to the old saying “the monkey is off his back”. I am sure he, his coaches and the team felt great pressure to keep the run going. The break (for most) couldn’t come at a better time. I hope they head of off for a week’s holiday to relax and recover knocks, minor injuries etc ready for the attritional two months to come.
 
NEILLO said:
I had a feeling it wasn't going to end well for us after Mateta scuffed his shot wide in the second half.

You can't keep letting the opposition off and expect to win games at this level.

Both goals conceded were cheap, but that's Everton for you. In pure footballing terms they deserved nothing from the game. Lacroix was a little unfortunate, not initially realising he had a player behind him and when he did he pulled his leg away but couldn't avoid contact. And that ref gave us very little all afternoon so a pen it was. And the Munoz clearance was reminiscent of when Lacroixs clearance came off Guehi at Brighton last season.

Only ourselves to blame ultimately. Glasner has consistently complained of the inability to finish opponents off and this was another example.
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Spot on, we have been saying all season that not taking our chances will bite us on the bum.
With regard to the penalty, can’t argue with the decision but I think LaCroix actually slipped which made him make contact so not apportioning any blame.
Mateta’s chance where he dinked over Pickford was clear cut but his first touch made it mor3 difficult. His scuffed shot should have been buried but perhaps Sarr should have passed to him rather than shooting. Our final 3rd decision making and lack of cutting edge needs sorting, but I am very happy with our season so far
 
Apparently our xG (yes I know) to actual goals was the second worst in the league only above Man U. Eventually this had to come back and bite us and of course it was Everton.

The penalty was probably a penalty but it was one of those that seem to be on trend this year where the player steps into the tackling player and then goes down. I've seen worse given this year where I believe the attacker is actually obstructing the defender but it seems fouls are seen differently depending on the context (Attacking/Defending).
 
We have been very wasteful/unlucky in front of goal in our last two games. Against Liverpool we should have been at least 3 goals up by halftime. Same vs Everton where bad luck with Mitchell skimming the post and Guehi and Mateta having their shots saved in the 1st half. Mateta's two misses allowed Everton to claw their way back into the game. Unusual for Lacroix to mistime a challenge. He did seem to get stuck in the turf mid-slide.

Their second was unfortunate after a great save from Deano. Can't blame Munoz for trying to clear the ball. I did feel that Lerma could have done more in stopping the cross coming over. It all looked a bit half hearted to me.
 
Tbf. The football in the 1st half was spectacular. The whole team flying forward as one.
When they came out 2nd half the energy had gone and the ball started going across the back, that allowed Everton back in game. A rash tackle in a corner of the penalty area and Everton had all the momentum.
Very much the same as the Liverpool game. I realise that with the amount of energy put in during the 1st half they will tire but they needed to keep pushing for another 10mins, after all these days we do have competent subs.
The Hill Dickhead Stadium was great decent sized seats and the standing rail we need at the Palace.
 
Skip said:
We have been very wasteful/unlucky in front of goal in our last two games. Against Liverpool we should have been at least 3 goals up by halftime. Same vs Everton where bad luck with Mitchell skimming the post and Guehi and Mateta having their shots saved in the 1st half. Mateta's two misses allowed Everton to claw their way back into the game. Unusual for Lacroix to mistime a challenge. He did seem to get stuck in the turf mid-slide.

Their second was unfortunate after a great save from Deano. Can't blame Munoz for trying to clear the ball. I did feel that Lerma could have done more in stopping the cross coming over. It all looked a bit half hearted to me.
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Fatigue. Recent trip to Poland. Get used to it.
 
ASCPFC said:
I'm still pissed off with it. This must be what it's like to support a good team. Expecting wins. I think I'll do a Willo on it from now on.
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What you gonna swallow a dictionary and support Brighton 😆
 
Norbury Old Git said:
In the post match press interview Ollie looked quite relaxed. Referring to the old saying “the monkey is off his back”. I am sure he, his coaches and the team felt great pressure to keep the run going. The break (for most) couldn’t come at a better time. I hope they head of off for a week’s holiday to relax and recover knocks, minor injuries etc ready for the attritional two months to come.
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Totally disagree with this. Glasner has maintained many times he is unmoved by unbeaten runs. They mean very little. Everyone loses football matches. Everyone. As Wenger once said after the Arsenal invincibles run ended the unbeaten run coming to an end is not important. What is important is how we respond to that run ending. Do we start a new run? Or do we feel sorry for ourselves.
Glasner is a winner. He cares little about records and I honestly believe if he is honest he'll admit he doesn't care personally about trophies and medals. He wants to deliver these for the players and the fans hand having a trophy is obviously confirmation of the win but what I think really motivates Glasner is simply getting the win then its consigned to history and then he is immediately refocused on the next one where he is equally determined to win. And so it goes on.
This for me is why the Everton game hurt. Nothing to do with long unbeaten runs. It was just simply because he felt we should have won the game. I have no issue with JPM but its fair to say if his finishing was better Sunday we would have had it wrapped up by half time.
 
Everton overwatered the pitch at half time. Whether this was a deliberate tactic I don’t know but the ball behaved very differently in the second half and affected our play massively. The ball was holding up considerably due to the surface water and Whartons passing in particular was severely affected. We nearly got caught out a few times and it definitely made it harder for us to get our passing game going. It affected Everton less as they were using the wings, particularly Grealish’ side, much more than us. The pitch conditions in the second half also seemed to drastically affect the energy in our players legs.
 
Phil’s Barber said:
Everton overwatered the pitch at half time. Whether this was a deliberate tactic I don’t know but the ball behaved very differently in the second half and affected our play massively. The ball was holding up considerably due to the surface water and Whartons passing in particular was severely affected. We nearly got caught out a few times and it definitely made it harder for us to get our passing game going. It affected Everton less as they were using the wings, particularly Grealish’ side, much more than us. The pitch conditions in the second half also seemed to drastically affect the energy in our players legs.
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I noticed this in the second half as well 🤔
 
We pretty much bossed it for 70 minutes, then we seemed to lose our bite after picking up some bizarre yellow cards. A yellow should be for 1. Dangerous play 2. Cynical play or 3. Berating the referee. I can’t see why Wharton and to a degree Munoz cards were given. Wharton’s card was very strange….
 
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