‘A poor result for us’
first team under clawed one back.
It did not stop the jeers. It might not save Koeman.
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whole situation – but you know how it works in football.”
Koeman was set to talk to majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri last night, something the manager insisted he did after every game, saying: “I always speak to or text the board after games. I will do that.
“But we don’t talk about positives because it is 5-2 at home. The final result is really poor but all these kind of decisions are not in my hands.”
Koeman admitted they were outplayed by Arsenal yesterday but pointed to the red card for Idrissa Gueye in the 68th minute as the key moment in the game.
“For the first 10 minutes after half-time it was better,” he said. “We then had a good chance but a counter-attack for 1-2 and then the sending off of Gueye made it difficult.
“It was already difficult with 11 v 11 but impossible 10 against 11.
“We have played nine Premier League games, five of them against last season’s top five.
“But I accept this is not a position in the table that is good for Everton.”
Arsene Wenger insisted his side’s performance was the most complete of their season.
“The quality in our movement and passing caused them problems with the offensive strength we have, it made the difference,” said the the Arsenal manager.
“Maybe it was the most complete, both defensively and offensively.
“We dominated the games at Stoke and Watford as well but we couldn’t finish our chances.
“Sanchez was on fire and Ozil as well – when he is at this level he is an exceptional football player. The two of them were very sharp.”