Yannick Bolasie took to X last night to suggest one player could have done more to stop Manchester City’s last-gasp equaliser.
The Toffees came so close to pulling off one of the results of the season, as they led City 3-2 up until the dying seconds.
How do you even begin to explain that? 😫
Everton have conceded late on AGAIN… 😡
But Jeremy Doku popped up to score his second of the game, and put a huge dent in Everton’s European hopes in the process.
Everton did so brilliantly to respond to going a goal down, with Thierno Barry scoring twice off the bench, either side of a Jake O’Brien header.
But Erling Haaland gave City the chance to come back as he made it 3-2, but then Doku equalised.
And Bolasie reckons Charly Alcaraz didn’t cover himself in glory.
Yannick Bolasie blames Charly Alcaraz for Man City equaliser vs Everton
Fans are waking up today with very mixed emotions.
The performance was good, especially in the second-half, but Everton could still only take a point.
Perhaps sometimes you just have to hold your hands up, and admit that an opposition player has scored a great goal. Both of Doku’s strikes were really top drawer.
However, Yannick Bolasie feels that substitute Charly Alcaraz might have done more to block the winger’s effort.
The former Everton winger said on X: “Alcaraz has to charge at that what’s he stood there like that for 🤦🏿♂️”
Alcaraz was introduced to the action by David Moyes in the 92nd minute, and was no doubt instructed to use his fresh legs to press the City players and do all he could to defend the lead.
There was a little feint from Doku before he actually pulled the trigger, which forced Alcaraz to make a blocking motion.
The little shift from the Belgian then just created a bit of space for him to get his shot away. Frustratingly, he had already scored from the edge of the box in the game, so the warning signs were there for Everton.
Perhaps Alcaraz could have done more, but it is still a bit of a harsh take from Bolasie, with Doku working the space and unleashing a powerful shot like he did.
Who is to blame for this? 🙄
This is becoming a real issue for Everton and costing them valuable points! 😭
More questions should perhaps be asked of Everton as a collective in those final moments, and why there were no attempts to take the ball to the City corner flags.
Before the corner City had where Doku scored, Everton actually did have the ball up the other end. The ball was clear into Alcaraz’s path, but he didn’t connect cleanly with his head and the ball was turned over.
City took the ball up the pitch, won a corner and then scored.
It was so vital to keep the ball out of their own territory, but the pressure was invited and in the end it told.
Unfortunately, while it’s actually still a respectable result in isolation, Everton now have a mountain to climb to secure European football as a result of that late Doku strike.
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