Goodison Tactics: How Everton beat Norwich
Everton are in the top five of the Premier League thanks to a rather comfortable 2-0 win over Norwich City on Saturday.
The Toffees won thanks to an Andros Townsend penalty and a strike from Abdoulaye Doucoure and kept their second clean sheet in the Premier League [Sky Sports’ YouTube].
The Canaries offered very little but did have chances through Ben Gibson and Mathias Normann, and Rafael Benitez will probably want to ensure those clear-cut chances don’t happen as better teams would have punished them.
However, the Toffees exploited Norwich’s weaknesses on two occasions and, in the end, won comfortably.
So, this was a very simple goal, and it took just two passes to force a defensive mistake from Norwich.
The second goal came when the Canaries were chasing the game and was a perfect trap from the Toffees.
This was a perfect counter-attack from the Toffees who trapped Norwich high up the field and ruthlessly punished them.
This was a very comfortable victory in the end for the Toffees, and two clever moves ended up being enough to beat Norwich, who look very poor.
However, you would think it will be a much tougher test next week against the Red Devils, and we are intrigued to see what Rafael Benitez comes up with.
In other Everton news, one fringe player could be set for a role against Manchester United.
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