On a night of protest then jubilation inside Goodison Park, Everton ended its eight-match winless run by rallying for a 2-1 victory over Arsenal on Monday — and it was all thanks to a winger whose offseason arrival from Bayer Leverkusen for 1.
Arriving with the best attack in the Premier League, Liverpool look primed to pile on the misery for local rivals Everton in the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.
Defending champions Manchester City defeated Everton 3-0 in a one-sided match in the English Premier League on Sunday as they returned to the second spot behind leaders Chelsea.
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Pep Guardiola's team last tasted defeat in the League Cup in October 2016, and hasn't trailed since the first leg of the semifinals in January 2018.
Benitez’s selection was limited by six players being absent, but he gave debuts to new signings Demarai Gray and Andros Townsend.
The Spanish coach will take charge of his fourth English top-flight team, after Liverpool, Chelsea and Newcastle.
Everton remained in eighth place, but the team was only one point behind rival Liverpool and in touching distance of the Champions League places. Arsenal stayed in ninth place.
The England captain's latest injury comes ahead of Tottenham playing Manchester City in the English League Cup final on April 25.
Havertz helped Chelsea to beat Everton 2-0 at Stamford Bridge and was unlucky not to have a goal to his name after starring in the false nine position.
Richarlison scored after three minutes and Gylfi Sigurdsson netted a late penalty to give Everton a 2-0 victory in the Premier League.
Everton was the latest team to be brushed aside by Pep Guardiola’s side, with City winning 3-1 at Goodison Park.
Arsenal also announced that defender Gabriel had contracted COVID-19 on Monday and would miss games on Tuesday and Saturday while isolating.
The Iceland midfielder beat goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale with a low shot from inside the area in the 80th minute following some good buildup play involving Abdoulaye Doucoure and Bernard.
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The England striker slid in to convert a left-wing cross from Richarlison in the third minute of first-half stoppage time and kept up his goal-a-game average after 11 rounds of the season
Two weeks after Ademola Lookman failed with a scuffed, injury-time “Panenka” penalty at West Ham, Ivan Cavaleiro took over spot-kick duties for Fulham but slipped as he attempted his shot, kicked the ball against his standing foot and saw it loop over the crossbar.
The 25th-minute equalizer arrived when left back Luke Shaw had time and space to send over a cross that was met with a header from Fernandes from 12 yards (meters).
Everton went into the game second only to Liverpool in the standings but has now lost three league games in a row.
Everton's worst display of the season was capped by the 71st-minute sending-off of left back Digne, who raked his studs down the back of Kyle Walker-Peters' leg as he chased after the Southampton right back.
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