What a shocking performance, not only by Everton so far, but by Mr Mike Riley once more. I'll start with the ref. He would make a fantastic Basketball ref, but football, no. He blows his whistle as soon as there's contact, books players for small challenges (Fellatio) and then where there actually is a foul and decent contact in the area he doesn't give it. Skrtel just blatently took Yakubu out in the penalty area, the "shoulder barge" was nowhere near the ball, and he got away without giving away a penalty.
Then we come to Everton's performance. Woeful is a word I'd use. The defence have once again been ridiculously poor, with Lescott being awful again. Kuyt and Torres switched for the first goal, meaning that Jagielka or Yobo had Kuyt, which meant that Lescott should have had Torres. Where was he? Faffing about on the line doing bugger all. Then for the 2nd goal it was either Lescott or Yobo who decided to go towards Kuyt once again, even though Jagielka had him covered, resulting in Torres being free behind him.
The midfield's also been non-existant, even with 5 against 4 Liverpool have been all over us, with Gerrard and Alonso bossing the midfield. Arteta and Osman have not had the ball, and just haven't provided the service for the isolated Yakubu. Arteta's set pieces have also been poor.
We deserve to lose this game, done nothing in attack and been poor in defence. Liverpool have played well though, Riera looks a good signing down the right wing. Keane's had some great movement and has a brilliant first touch. He may not have scored, but he was pivotal in the first goal, putting on a fantastic cross for Torres. Torres looked out of touch in the first half, but has been bright in the 2nd and a class above the poor Everton defence.
We've got alot of improving to do. Narrowly beating Stoke, struggled against Hull and have been outclassed by Liverpool. Moyes could be under pressure if we continue to fail, he was poor in the transfer window (again) and needs to get the defence sorted. I'm not in a good mood when Everton are concerned.
Edit: Well done Riley. Prat. Was barely a yellow, let alone a red. Just compounds the misery for the day tbh.
