this match
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at home to relegation-zone Everton.
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Lined up in 4141, defenders Ake, Ruben Dias, Akanji, Stones, back Rodri, midfielders Nunes, Álvarez, wings Doku, Foden, forwards Haaland
Everton lined up in 4231 with Branthwaite, Tarkowski, Godfrey, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner at the back, Harrison at attacking midfielder, A. Young, McNeil on the wings, and Calvert-Lewin up front.
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In full possession of the ball from the start, Everton, on the other hand, voluntarily gave up possession, and the defense retreated in all directions.
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Lining up in a 4141 formation, the attacking part of the group reached five men, and Everton, for their part, would not go forward with any of the four men of the defense, and then, using the five men of the midfield to press constantly, they also attempted to
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The backfield presses forward when they want to get the ball forward, which allows the
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of the offense was not well started, and the Everton defense, with four men in good position, did not move.
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Originally the four men lined up in front were intended to allow the attack on the sides to be carried out and to use up the space on both sides, but Everton here actually had the full-backs standing to extend the sides, so that
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Trying to force the edge didn't work, and in the first 20 minutes of the first half
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Despite controlling the ball there were hardly any shots on goal, instead Everton got two chances where they could have barely shot at goal
After the middle of the first half.
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Doku began to make a strong start, and there were several breakthroughs from the right, and Godfrey, Everton's left back, began to have a hard time, and even A. Young backed off later, and Doku formed a couple of passes on this right, but Everton's middle line was never loosened up, no matter what the
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How could Foden, Álvarez and the rest keep going into the box and Everton still manage to clear the ball before the final six yard line?
Late first half
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Because of the pressure, there was a little space at the back, Everton tried to counterattack, but in fact, the pressure was not too deep, Everton's overall players have been too deep and the striker Calvert-Lewin's footwork is more rough, it is more difficult to wait for his teammates to come up after holding the ball in front of the field, and his passes are not accurate in such a state, and there were a number of counter-attacks between the two teams in the latter part of the half.
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There are more chances, but none of them have been able to pose a lethal threat to opponents yet
At the start of the second half.
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Continuing to strengthen the left side of the attack, here on the right Foden started to move into the middle and Nunes switched to the right side, only to be quickly replaced by the veteran Coleman on 56 minutes after a break from Doku broke down and injured Godfrey, who tried and failed to back up the attack again and was eventually replaced by the veteran Coleman on 56 minutes.
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also made the same move to strengthen the offense, removing both Akanji and Nunes at the 57:00 mark and replacing them with Walker and DeBruyne.
DeBruyne's passing in the center was noticeably smooth when he came on, and he's in excellent form right now, surprisingly delivering passes that generate space on several occasions despite already being surrounded, and the conditions remain
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Holding down Everton, though
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The threat has been greatly elevated, and
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Doku on the left is on the verge of crushing Everton's right side.
Finally, at 71 minutes.
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From a corner kick, RubenDias' bouncing ball from the top of the 12-yard box was blocked, only for Haaland to take the shot from 10 yards out on the left side of the field, which was too fast to be blocked, and Haaland went straight for the goal!
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After the goal, Álvarez was withdrawn and replaced by B. Silva to maintain midfield control, Everton could only replace Beto and Onana in order to counterattack, but at this point Everton's offense could not do anything to the
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It's causing stress.
Finally, at 84.
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DeBruyne got a pass from Ake at the back post, he went straight to Haaland, Haaland made a beautiful run to the left and then changed direction to the right, slightly distracting the center back and creating a bit of space, and DeBruyne was able to get a pass through, then Haaland got the ball and went straight to the ball, and knocked it away from the defender, Haaland got the ball completely one on one, and made a big twisting shot through the goal from 16 yards. Haaland had the ball in his hands, and then he took the ball to the 16-yard box, where he made a big twist and shot through the goal.
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Took a safe 2-0 lead
