Everton 2 v Crystal Palace 0 (Calvert-Lewin, Tosun)

Our defence creates the best chance for CP so far. Zouma needs to just clear that ball there.

20 mins played, we are the slightly better side but no clear cut chances.

Tomkins levels Richie, a freekick is all we get.

Lots of soft fouls given, break up the flow of the game.

We are being bullied on the ball.

Siggi with a good chance there, corner.

Gana booked as CP clear the corner and Zaha tries to get away.

Anthony Taylor wants to be everyone’s mate.

We are second best when it comes to set pieces and cross in general - CP stronger and possibly taller than us, we need to outplay them.

Zouma lucky not to get booked as Zaha, who else, hits the floor again. Another freekick some 25 yards out.

CP corner, header off the underside of the bar and out. Set pieces and crosses, yeah....

But for Zaha being such a cheat I could quite like Palace. Hated them when I lived there mind...

Kouyate levels Richie and is surprised that we get a freekick....

mindyerEnvelopeRef? wrote:But for Zaharia being  such a cheat I could quite like Palace. Hated them when I lived there mind...

He spends way too much time on the floor and is rather nasty.

We have a corner again. Surely we won't score.

No, but at least we got a decent header off, just over the bar from Richie.

We are a bit too slow and cumbersome when we attack, need to catch CP more flat footed.

Siggi with a decent shot from the edge of the box, was going wide the whole time.

1 min of added time.

I was hoping that Coleman being back would bring the best out of Theo, but he's been pretty much anonymous this half. Disappointing.

HT, 0-0. Not much of clear cut chances from us in this half.

Wasteful. Need to knock Tompkins around a bit and get him triggered.

Hinchcliffe Corner wrote:I was hoping that Coleman being back would bring the best out of Theo, but he's been pretty much anonymous this half. Disappointing.

Agree, he has been very quiet, hopefully the second half will show more. He hasn't even really done many runs with the ball in to the box from the right wing.

From the BBC: "Get Yerry Mina on and put him up front."

And we are underway again.

Bernie is down after colliding with the advert boards.