Everton match verdict from Joe Thomas after a miserable 4-0 defeat to Aston Villa in the Premier League at Villa Park
The empty seats in the sold out away end offered the most resounding, and damning, judgement on a shambolic Everton display.
Around 3,000 supporters put aside a cost of living crisis and two years of disaster away from Goodison Park to travel to Birmingham in the hope of a new season starting in improved fashion. It did not. Perhaps half were gone by the time Jhon Duran slotted in Villa’s fourth. Just hundreds were left by the final whistle.AS IT HAPPENED: Aston Villa 4-0 Everton as Blues suffer double injury blow
The club’s problems go beyond Calvert-Lewin though, and this 4-0 humbling served as a reminder of that. One look at the respective benches highlighted the issue - Everton not only lacked an adequate Calvert-Lewin replacement but also a senior central midfielder among the substitutes, Tyler Onyango the only player capable of filling that role in the dugout. Issues remain in the first team too, one that could not compete with this Villa side.
The storyline got worse not better for Everton, who should have been further behind by half-time. A superb Pickford stop thwarted home debutant Moussa Diaby, whose back post volley was pushed onto the post, and Villa exploited the spaces left by Everton’s struggling midfield at will. Calvert-Lewin’s departure swiftly followed, as did more unpunished chances and yellow cards for Michael Keane and Idrissa Gueye as their desperation forced them into damage limitation.
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