‘Incredible’ Dominic Calvert-Lewin situation wows as Everton fans ‘crying out’
Everton fans won’t be able to believe Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s success at Leeds United when he is exactly what they need, according to Michael Bridges.
Calvert-Lewin left Everton when his contract expired in the summer after nine years at the club, eventually heading to Elland Road as a free agent.
David Moyes signed Thierno Barry to replace him and join the other senior striker in the squad Beto, who had delivered a strong second half to the previous campaign with seven Premier League goals in 2025.
But despite a generally positive season so far the two strikers have struggled to find the net, with just one each in the league, and neither were on target as Everton were held to a goalless draw by Burnley on Saturday, a day before Calvert-Lewin‘s latest success.
Calvert-Lewin scores in sixth-straight to beat Harry Kane record
Everton haven’t won in three thanks in part to stuttering form in front of goal, whereas Calvert-Lewin looks like a man transformed under Daniel Farke at Leeds.
Since coming off the bench against Man City at the end of November the Englishman has now scored in six consecutive matches, seven in total, to help the Whites stay unbeaten throughout December.
He scored the equaliser on Sunday as Leeds came back to draw at Sunderland, highlighting to Everton supporters what they are missing.
After commentator Seb Hutchinson had pointed out the six-game streak was longer than the five which leading England striker Harry Kane had twice managed while at Tottenham, pundit Bridges focused on the contrast between the Toffees and Leeds.
Speaking live on the Sky Sports broadcast from the Stadium of Light he said: “It’s incredible, I mean Everton fans must be looking at the form he’s in thinking ‘we’ve lost a player in the Premier League’.
“They’re crying out for a goalscorer. And Leeds United benefiting from his quality inside that penalty area.”
Everton will roll the dice at striker again
The Toffees weren’t wrong to let Calvert-Lewin walk since few would have predicted his stunning run of recent form.
While the club’s recent record of signings at the centre-forward position isn’t especially encouraging Everton were hardly alone in the assessment of the 28-year-old’s current standing since none of the big-name suitors that had been linked in previous windows came forward once he was freely available.
Credit has to go to him and Daniel Farke for finding a way to tap into his strengths, with two up front over the past month seemingly working far better than the single-high-striker formations that have become the norm.
And the psychological baggage Calvert-Lewin will have built up over a near-decade on Merseyside, that was increasingly characterised by fitness struggles and all-round turmoil prior to The Friedkin Group‘s takeover, suggests he wouldn’t have been able to replicate his current form at Everton anyway.
Moyes will have no choice but to sign a new striker sooner or later if Barry and Beto continue to misfire, but the Scot will have to break the club’s poor streak of transfer-market misses such as Neal Maupay, Youssef Chermiti and Armando Broja.
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