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Pure inspiration! Everton achieved a very fought victory this Saturday at Crystal Palace’s home by 1-2 and signed their third victory in a Premier League start that already has traces of history.
A duel that was played first and fought later gave Carlo Ancelotti’s team three more points, which maintains its perfect average of 9 points out of 9 possible.
An efficient James, a less brilliant Mina and a lethal attack with Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison led the ‘Toffees’ to their second away from home, quite a feat for the Colombian club.
The story was favorable to Everton at the start, with a first warning from Doucouré, a pass from James, and the first goal, a lethal start again led by the Colombian, an open pass to the right for Coleman and an assist for the inspired Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who solved with a right hand. Nice goal!
However, the local was cornering his opponent, causing errors in delivery, but without precision from Zaha, his most dangerous man, well controlled in those first minutes. The effect of the pressure was capitalized on by Cheikhou Kouyaté, who headed in off Townsend’s corner kick and passed Pickford, an imprecise mark for Ancelotti’s team.
But Everton took it well and went up, asked for a penalty in a play by Richarlison that had to be reviewed in VAR at 31, saved a dangerous arrival of Zaha in his zone out of place and then if the Brazilian achieved his mission: the Charging from the 11 steps, when in an association with James Ward put his hand in his area and the Everton attacker charged well for the 2-1 with which the teams went to rest.
But beware that the controversy was not lacking because it was the VAR that noticed the action, in which it seemed that Richarlison was offside.
For the return the local put all its pressure. Digne saved a center of 9 that passed with danger in front of the line but luckily he did not find a destination, again they evacuated the danger with charges from the sides over 60 minutes and the Crystal Palace attack was better organized with Batshuayi from 74 minutes , with which there was a lot of work for Mina and her companions in the rear.
Calvert-Lewin at 77 again crossed with James but the shot was open to the forward, one of the few approaches of the visitor in the complement. Sigurdson came to the game and helped to block the exit in the middle rather than approaching rival premises.
James left in the 85th minute, exhausted, and Everton bravely endured until the final whistle to crown a very important victory, which reaffirms the idea of a balanced team and with an attack that is finally scary.
