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if Keane or Tarkowski had scored that and used the same ‘force’ on the opposition goalie, there’d be uproar on here if it was disallowed.
It’d be interesting to know whether Spurs deliberately targeted that ball - had they spotted a weakness, or did they just get lucky? There’s every chance another team will try the same thing, so it’s one where we need to sort out - collectively - how to deal with those situations.
All that said, it’s the first goal Pickford has conceded where he’s been (mostly) at fault for ages. He’s absolutely brilliant, so as long as we address it for next time, we can forgive him.
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our goal was disallowed for offside not for any interference with their keeper
There was nothing wrong with their 2nd goal - I've seen more contact in netball
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It’s abundantly clear that we’re utterly blunt, up front. We learned nothing new there and it needs to be addressed in January. But we created chances and were unlucky that none of the big moments went our way.
- Grealish should probably score in the second minute.
- Their opener comes off the shoulder of their attacker and lands perfectly on their guy’s head to nod in.
- Our ‘equaliser’ was VAR at its nitpicky worst. And won’t be given countless times.
- Their second followed a push on Pickford that’s no less egregious than our disallowed effort.
- We then saw Vicario make two or three very good stops. In contrast, Pickford really only had the shot from Richarlison (following Tarkowski’s error) to deal with.
- Arguably could’ve had a penalty (I didn’t think it was but others do).
That’s a lot of bounces of the ball that didn’t quite go in our favour. On another day, there’s enough to feel we’d have taken at least a point.
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I didnt think we played that bad, certainly no different from games we have won this season. Unlucky / good saves with the chances we had.
Disappointing for any Everton team to lose goals from corners, once they had the goals Spurs managed the game. We take our chances its a different outcome. Critical we get a PL ready striker in Jan and find a system that creates them chances.
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