There will surely be a summer of managerial upheaval at Man Utd and Everton, but Kalvin Phillips was the true weekend loser. Liverpool and Burnley had fun.
The speed with which Liverpool’s form has simply been accepted as the norm despite them missing their starting goalkeeper, right-back, left-back and one of their centre-halves is astonishing. But also testament to the power and quality of the squad Jurgen Klopp feels content leaving behind.
It has been readily accepted and even disregarded but take a step back to properly appreciate the magnitude of that, because neither he nor this Liverpool team as a whole are doing things conventionally and they are still top of the league with theoretically the most presentable run-in.No team has scored more substitute goals than Newcastle this season: 12 off the bench from nine different players.
Being able to theoretically overhaul that in remaining fixtures against direct rivals in Everton, Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest is a remarkable and hitherto unforeseen boost. And claiming only their second from a losing position this season – their first away – suggests they might suddenly have enough about them to take advantage.
The disappointment at that opportunity being squandered is only natural. Brereton Diaz is at least maximising his top-flight shop window and will surely be back in the Premier League regardless of Sheffield United’s fate. For players with five or more starts in Europe’s top five leagues this season, the Chilean ranks behind only Serhou Guirassy, Kylian Mbappe, Deniz Undav and Harry Kane for combined goal and assists per 90 minutes this season.
It is deeply frustrating that Newport cannot make it seven teams in all competitions, though not for Manchester United’s want of trying: the 17 shots the League Two mid-table dwellers had against their Premier League visitors in the FA Cup fourth round shows that Erik ten Hag does not discriminate. He gives any opponent ample chance to beat his team.
Everton’s consistent reliance on creating a high volume of low-percentage chances was never sustainable; they do not have forwards capable of converting those opportunities. But shifting towards generating an obviously lower volume of high-percentage chances would necessitate a change in approach Dyche is either not willing or not able to make.
Games like these do not take up much of the schedule but they do make the decision to shed both Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez in the same summer questionable. Manchester City miss that big-game decisiveness; John Stones being their joint highest scorer against that distant top five this season is not by design.A point to lift them outside a relegation zone they dropped into after deductions.
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