Above all, it was a game of gaining confidence. Knowing himself with the same points of a giant and with the points that would leave him today in the European qualifying zone, one match less, was a safety bath to be given after two online defeats at home.
That’s Everton’s big booty after the 0-2 win against Liverpool, which has the seventh, there’s nothing left, three points behind Chelsea and five points behind surprisingly West Ham to enter the Champions League zone. Ancelotti’s team, you look exactly where you wanted to see!
And is that winning a classic license to show off at least until the next big date? Yes, one day is lost against Fulham and the other is defeated by a Premier champion, and that speaks of an irregularity that needs to be corrected, but for now, at least for the moment, it deserves a collection account: “we have made in history, I am very happy to be there, you have to be ready and have a strong spirit to win, ”said James Rodríguez at Anfield.
In fact, Anfield is a field that is very good for him, as on his three visits he ended with two wins and a draw: at Real Madrid he played for the Champions League there in October 2014 and assisted Cristiano; In 2’19 he returned, now with Bayern, in the 0-0 round of 16 of the European tournament and now adds this unforgettable 0-2 to his list.
James. The man who was present at minute 3, the one who doesn’t need a 90 minute exhibition because the magic moment is enough for him and that makes Everton a keen team. Rodríguez effortlessly opened the Liverpool defense to help Everton and Richarlison start the events that led to a first win over Anfield since 1999. The Colombian, again in the starting eleven, was on the ground for just over an hour. the third minute was one of the few times he could influence the game in the offensive third, and much of his best work was helping the defense. But James had done the damage. from the start and Ancelotti knows he has done his job tonight, ‘wrote the Liverpool Echo newspaper.
It is striking how the defensive work that is so much criticized in his country is recognized outside. It is all the more curious to see them criticize him and question his performance against the greats of the Premier League.
For this reason, to get out of the way and scrutinize it for verifiable realities a month after qualifying matches, it would be worth knowing what their presentations were like whenever the strongest clubs in England were measured. It is worth saying that when his physique allowed it and he had no injuries, the result was quite acceptable.
This is the ratio of the left-handed against the Premier Powers in his first season in this league, which is no small detail:
02-20-21 Liverpool 0- Everton 2/61 minutes and an assist
17-02-21 Everton 1 Manchester City 3/22 minutes
06-02-21 Manchester United 3 vs Everton 3/68 minutes, 1 goal
11/7/20 Everton 1- Manchester United 3/79 minutes
12-10-20 Everton 2- Liverpool 2/90 minutes, 1 assist, 1 yellow
13-09-20 Tottenham 0- Everton 1/90 minutes
There are 8 of the 18 points at stake, two assists and 1 goal. These are numbers on the green for a player who, according to the British critics, makes the difference when he is on the field, not through sacrifice but through talent … It is more than missing a team, for example. like Tottenham …
It is a reality that James missed five games against Premier League titans, all through injury: he was not in the wins against Arsenal (2-1), Leicester (0-2) and Chelsea (1-0), nor in the victory over Tottenham by FA Cup (5-4), nor in the defeat against Mnajcester United (0-2). And without him there were four victories and one defeat. Yes, and it was a ‘break’ that Ancelotti used to gamble more on sacrifice. But the Italian, a born winner, knows the titles don’t come and the points aren’t just added by stamina. We need to open the staging to the one who invents, the one who breaks, the one who sees spaces where no one else is looking. You have to bet and, if so, defend James. Many even attack the good guys …