Everton fans have come away from the Brentford draw feeling like it was a loss after arguably dropping two points at Goodison Park.
Sean Dyche had the perfect opportunity to get fans back on his side with a win on Merseyside after Brentford were reduced to ten men in the first half.
However, it was quite the opposite, as Everton ran out of ideas and looked rather flat in the second half, squandering numerous opportunities and failing to hit the target enough.
One thing that didn’t help was the manager’s decision to leave his side to their own devices despite posing very little threat.
Jordan Pickford even felt Dyche left it too late to start making substitutions.
Everton fans have now made their mind up on Dyche, they want him gone.
However, there was one slight positive this afternoon, and that was a player performance.
Iliman Ndiaye was the only positive for Everton
Iliman Ndiaye has been superb so far this season for the Toffees, despite many believing he’s currently being played out of position at Everton.
It came as no surprise that Ndiaye grabbed an assist and performed well for Senegal during the international break, as he operated centrally.
He started on the left-hand side once again today and enjoyed plenty of success personally, but the team’s overall performance was far from pleasing.
Throughout the game he was one of the only players who actually looked like he wanted to win the game, constantly demanding the ball and driving at the opposition’s defenders.
His pace and dribbling ability caused problems as a constant threat throughout, as well as creating four chances, but his teammates just couldn’t finish their dinner.
Ashley Young and Jordan Pickford played alright, with the latter making some good saves in the first half, but nobody was on the level of Ndiaye.
Iliman Ndiaye’s performance in numbers against Brentford
Ndiaye had 58 touches, made four key passes, had a passing accuracy percentage of 87, completed one cross and one long ball, completed all four of his dribbles, won six duels and was fouled once (SofaScore).
He operated on the left, down the middle and even on the right, but that didn’t matter as he looked impressive no matter where he was situated.
To be fair to Dyche, Ndiaye struggled to create centrally on this occasion, but that’s not to say he wouldn’t in other games.
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