Everton 0 – 2 N Forest

Nottingham Forest moved into second place within the Premier League desk – for at the very least 24 hours – with a 2-0 victory over Everton, whose offensive woes proceed.

It was one other spirited efficiency from Nuno Espirito Santo’s facet, who’ve recovered properly from dropping their centre-back Murillo within the warm-up as a result of damage.

Forest deservedly took a first-half lead as Chris Wooden performed a headed double with Anthony Elanga earlier than firing the ball over Jordan Pickford.

That call was made by Morgan Gibbs-White, who performed an excellent lengthy ball to unlock the Everton protection for Wooden to punish them. And it was the identical Forest midfielder who obtained the second on the hour mark through an Everton error.

Abdoulaye Doucouré makes a free again move which Elanga takes. He discovered Wooden within the field who squared off with Gibbs-White, who minimize inside Doucouré and slammed the ball excessive into the web.

There was little response from Everton, who dropped Dominic Calvert-Lewin to offer Armando Broja a primary begin of the season, however did not register a shot on course till the eightieth minute at Goodison Park.

They have been additionally lucky to not see James Tarkowski despatched off within the first half when, already on warning, he rushed exhausting on the Forest Wooden striker.

This newest clean means Sean Dyche’s facet have failed to attain in seven of their final 9 matches. Though it was solely their third dwelling league defeat of the season, their kind at Goodison Park is fading as they hover simply above the relegation zone.

Evaluation: Forest are what Everton need to be

Sam Blitz from Sky Sports activities:

When Everton and Nottingham Forest met in April this yr, solely two factors separated the 2 groups.

It was as soon as a six-point relegation match within the Premier League, now one crew is obvious of the opposite. The truth is, Nottingham Forest have turn out to be the crew Everton need to be – and have needed to be for a while now.

Forest are scientific in each areas and have the squad depth to supply what Nuno desires from his crew.

The distinction between the 2 was greatest summed up within the 74th minute of that match, when Nuno took out Wooden and Gibbs-White, realizing full properly that the consequence was sealed in the identical minute when Beto was introduced on by Dyche as Everton was testing his third totally different match. mixture on the entrance.

The forests have a supervisor able to dealing successfully with disturbances. Nuno noticed Murillo limp throughout the warm-up, forcing him to vary formation on the final minute. His gamers have all the time delivered on their guarantees, with Morato’s efficiency as a defensive understudy embodying that tradition.

With blanks in seven of his final 9 matches, Dyche continues to be engaged on his components to get outcomes.

There’s additionally a distinction between the assist upstairs. Everton have endured years of possession turmoil, not too long ago ended by the takeover of the Friedkin Group, whereas Forest have lastly discovered stability below Evangelos Marinakis. The distinction between the 2 golf equipment could not be greater.

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