Everton lost 2-0 to Tottenham Match Report

15 October, 2022

  Everton lost 2-0 to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, credit goes to Kane’s second-half penalty.

Before Hojbjerg scored his third goal of the season to secure victory in the dying minutes, Kane scored a penalty to mark his 400th appearance for Spurs.

There was plenty of action in the first period but little to trouble either goalkeeper. Everton had the two best chances: Demarai Gray got away from Rodrigo Bentancourt on the left but shot over the bar from the edge of six yards. Amadou Onana took advantage of some indecision in midfield to break forward, but his shot could only be stopped by Hugo Lloris. We had a lot of possession in the final third of the pitch but didn’t get any chances. The closest we came was when Richarlison headed over from Kane’s cross in the last minute.

After referee Paul Tierney ruled that Kane had been brought down by Jordan Pickford after a shot was deflected away by Matt Doherty, Kane scored from the spot just before the hour mark.

Four minutes later Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg scored a second goal from a deflection as Everton threw their men forward in search of a draw.

Until Kane’s goal, Everton were more than confident on their feet, defending steadily and attacking with speed and purpose.

Demarai Gray and Amadou Onana nearly scored for the Everton in the first half, but Tottenham won their eighth straight at home in the Premier League.

When Everton travel to Newcastle United on Wednesday night, they will look to respond immediately.

Everton’s Toffees threat held off Tottenham’s blistering start in north London for a while before gradually establishing their superiority and creating the two best chances of the first half.

Gray and Onana have plenty of dynamic qualities and their explosive running was on display as they came within striking distance to score the first goal.

In the 23rd minute, Gray slipped past Rodrigo Bentancur and went one-on-one with Hugo Lloris. However, at the moment when the winger was about to shoot on goal, the ball bounced unpleasantly and the winger’s shot hit the bar.

Just before the break, Onana had a chance to make it 2-0 to Everton when he took advantage of a loose ball in the centre of the pitch, raced forward to the goal and shot past.

With a timely foul on Bentancur, Onana had stopped a dangerous Spurs counter-attack moments earlier. His tackle was typical of his hard work in the centre of midfield alongside Alex Iwobi and Idrissa Gana Gueye.

Before the game, Everton had the best defensive record in the Premier League and they were ready to take on Spurs’ high quality attack again.

In this game Lampard used a three-man defense: Vitaliy Nikolenko, James Tarkowski and Conor Coady at centre-back. Seamus Coleman and Dwight McNeil started at left and right back respectively.

Tarkowski’s normally strong and authoritative defending was needed to prevent Kane from turning and firing home from 12 yards early in the game as Tottenham made a strong start.

Coady, the centre-back, quickly saved Kane’s risky shot and Richarlison tipped Ivan Perisic’s ball over the bar.But there is a lot of resilience in this Everton team and they quickly got into the game.

After a corner by Dwight McNeill, Tarkowski shot from close range, as did Gray and Onana.

When Kane created space to shoot from close range, Tottenham’s best opening of the half was when Pickford came off his line quickly and made a superb save at the striker’s feet.

Penalty changes the game in favor of “Spurs” Pickford made another great save early in the second half to prevent Kane from scoring, stopping his powerful shot.

However, the England captain Kane scored a goal in the 59th minute, converting a penalty.

Lampard changed Everton’s lineup in the 65th minute, replacing Dominic Calvert-Lewin and James Garner with Seamus Coleman and Neil Maupay.

However, with 20 minutes to go Spurs got their tail up and Pickford was forced to make another save from Kane when the Everton goalkeeper stopped a shot from the edge of the box.

Everton continued to work hard to try and get back into the game and the Spurs defence were alarmed by some sneaky passes.

When Bentancourt picked out Heubjerg on the right flank four minutes later, the Danish legionnaire broke through to Alex Iwobi and shot 

from his right foot into the top corner, beating Iwobi in his path.

Full Time: Tottenham 2-0 Everton

Lloris, Romero (Sanchez), Dier, Davies, Doherty (Spence), Bentancur (Skipp), Hojbjerg, Perisic, Richarlison (Bissouma), Kane (Lucas), Son

Substitutes: Forster, Lenglet, Sessegnon, Bryan

Pickford, Coleman (Garner), Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, McNeil, Iwobi, Gueye (Rondon), Onana, Maupay (Calvert-Lewin), Gray

 Substitutes: Begovic, Keane, Doucoure, Davies, Vinagre, Welch

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Match Stats:

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Referee: Paul Tierney.

Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Player of the Match: Harry Kane (Tottenham)