It was a game to gain confidence, more than anything. Knowing himself with the same points of a giant and with the points that today would leave him in the European qualification zone, with one game less, was a safety bath that had to be given after two online defeats at home.
That has been Everton’s big booty after the 0-2 victory against Liverpool, which has it seventh, there nothing more, three points behind Chelsea and five points behind surprising West Ham to enter the Champions League zone. Ancelotti’s team, you look exactly where you wanted to see!
And is that winning a classic gives license to show off at least until the next big date. Yes, one day is lost against Fulham and another is defeated by a Premier champion, and that speaks of an irregularity that must be corrected, but for now, at least for this moment, it deserves a collection account: “we have made history, I’m very happy to be able to be there, you have to be ready and have a strong mind to win, ”said James Rodríguez at Anfield itself.
In fact, Anfield is a field that is very good for him because in his three visits he ended with two wins and a draw: with Real Madrid he played there in October 2014 for the Champions League and gave assistance to Cristiano; In 2’19 he returned, now with Bayern, in the 0-0 round of 16 of the European tournament and now adds this unforgettable 0-2 to his list.
James. The man in attendance at minute 3, the one who does not need 90 minutes of exhibition because the moment of magic is enough for him that makes Everton a sharp team. “Rodríguez effortlessly opened up Liverpool’s defense to help Everton, and Richarlison, start the course of events that led to a first victory at Anfield since 1999. The Colombian, again in the starting eleven, was on the ground little over an hour. His assist in the third minute was one of the few times he was able to influence the game in the attacking third, and much of his best job was helping the defense. But James had done the damage. from the beginning and Ancelotti knows that tonight he has done his job, “wrote the Liverpool Echo newspaper.
It is striking how the defensive work that is criticized so much in his country is recognized outside. It is even more curious to see that they criticize him and question his performance against the greats of the Premier League.
Therefore, to get out of the way and examine it, one month after the Qualifiers, on verifiable realities, it would be worth knowing how their presentations were each time the strongest clubs in England were measured. It is worth saying that, when his physique allowed it and he had no injuries, the result was very acceptable.
This is the ratio of the left-hander’s games against the Premier powers in his first season in this league, which is not a minor detail:
02-20-21 Liverpool 0- Everton 2/61 minutes and an assist
17-02-21 Everton 1 Manchester City 3/ 22 minutos
06-02-21 Manchester United 3 vs Everton 3/68 minutos, 1 goal
07-11-20 Everton 1- Manchester United 3/ 79 minutos
12-10-20 Everton 2- Liverpool 2/90 minutes, 1 assist, 1 yellow
13-09-20 Tottenham 0- Everton 1/90 minutes
There are 8 points out of 18 at stake, two assists and 1 goal. They are numbers in the green for a player who, according to the British critics themselves, makes a difference when he is on the pitch not by dint of sacrifice but of talent … It is more than he misses, for example, a team like Tottenham. ..
It is a reality that James missed five duels against Premier League titans, all due to injury: he was not in the victories against Arsenal (2-1), Leicester (0-2) and Chelsea (1-0), nor in the victory against Tottenham by FA Cup (5-4), nor in the defeat against Mnajcester United (0-2). And without him there were four victories and one defeat. Yes and it was a ‘breake’ that Ancelotti used to bet more on the sacrifice. But the Italian, a born winner, knows that the titles do not arrive and the points are not added only by force of endurance. You have to open the staging to the one who invents, the one who breaks, the one who sees spaces where no one else looks. You have to bet and, when it is the case, defend James. Many attack even the good …
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