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3 Critical Talking Points From Merseyside Derby – Liverpool Badly Missed Sturridge

2. Everton a bit less attacking

Roberto Martinez
Roberto Martinez

Everton under Roberto Martinez had been a different team than it used to be. They are now an attacking unity who takes even the biggest of the teams by surprise. But yesterday Everton laid back a little and did not press Liverpool as hard as many would have thought. At times Liverpool were passing the ball in their own half and no Everton player tried to steal it. The scenario remained the same even when Liverpool were leading and Everton desperately needed an equiliser. They preferred to attack their Merseyside neighbour mainly on the counter and this allowed Liverpool the space to keep possession in the Everton half for long spells of time. But finally Everton did punish Liverpool, courtesy a brilliant strike from Jagielka from outside the box. Certainly the football lovers would love to see the Everton we know of when the take the field the next time.