Yerry Mina complies, Everton defeats colero and escorts Liverpool

With a good game by Yerry Mina and without James Rodríguez due to injury, Everton edged Premier League club Sheffield United by the slightest difference. on Boxing Day, in which part of matchday 15 of the Premier League was played.

Although he did not have greater demand, Mina’s interventions were correct, with timely closures, winning in the air game and without compromising the ball at the start, relying frequently on Holgate, who appeared as a winger, Keane and Pickford.

Emotionless first half

Few emotions in the first part of the game. From the start, Everton tried to dominate the ball before the local pressure attempt, which did not have the expected effect either. Sheffield United’s only warning came in the 16th minute with a filtered pass to McGoldrick, who eluded Pickford, but her definition was very soft and gave Godfrey the opportunity to save her before he crossed the goal line.

For their part, three approaches had the Toffees, who missed James and Richarlison as partners of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Well, there was a lack of game generation and Sigurdsson and Iwobi did not weigh as in other games. They both tried medium distance, but on one occasion Ramsdale answered and the other went off course. The clearest was at 29 ‘: Keane’s long ball for’ 9 ‘, who with his chest anticipated the rival and defined with a crossed right hand without dropping it. The ball went close.

Bernard and another dynamic for the Everton attack

The landscape did not change at plugin startup: Everton dominating the ball, without suffering in defense, but without finding the ways to generate danger on the Ramsdale arch. As the minutes passed, the rush and the need to win the three points began to appear, so Ancelotti’s modifications also arrived.

The first of these was the entry of Bernard instead of Gordon to play wide on the left wing and the Brazilian was key to the improvement of the Toffees in attack and even participated in the only score of the commitment. With 10 minutes remaining, the former Atlético Mineiro gained a rebound on the edge of the area and left it to Doucouré, who with his back to the goal holding the mark of a rival he extended it to the right for Sigurdsson’s cross shot.

Sheffield United went on the attack in the final minutes and had a couple of options, more with grit than ideas and good football, but he missed his aim and Everton was left with the victory.

What’s coming

This triumph allows the Toffees to rise to second place in the Premier League with 29 points, 2 behind Liverpool that this Sunday he will host West Bromwich Albion. Everton will close 2020 hosting Manchester City at Goodison Park on Monday, December 28, party for which James Rodríguez is also ruled out.