Everton’s winless run within the Premier League was prolonged to 3 matches after an underwhelming on Saturday.
The stalemate, which got here on the again of consecutive defeats by Chelsea and Arsenal, is a setback for David Moyes’ facet who’re looking for a spot in a European competitors after a seven-year hiatus.
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However the Everton boss is going through a substantial problem negotiating the busy festive interval amid the dearth of availability of a few of his key attacking gamers.
He’s with out their joint high scorers Iliman Ndiaye, presently representing Senegal on the Africa Cup of Nations, and the injured Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor whereas defensive midfielder Idrissa Gueye can be a part of the Senegal facet trying to go all the best way.
Jarrad Branthwaite and Seamus Coleman have each remained sidelined with hamstring accidents and including to Moyes’ woes on Saturday was the absence of Jack Grealish, who the supervisor defined missed out due to a “virus”.
With solely six outfield gamers on their bench – 4 of whom had been but to make their full Premier League debuts – the Toffees solely produced an anticipated targets (xG) of 0.88 within the recreation to accept some extent in opposition to the relegation-threatened Clarets.
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With video games coming thick and quick, Moyes would hope to get his fringe gamers like Dwight McNeil and Tyler Dibling firing to their full potential if they’re preserve their push for a top-half end this season.