CARLO: I’LL DECIDE WHO’S PUT ON SPOT
CARLO ANCELOTTI cleared up the confusion over Everton’s penalty-taking duties by insisting: “I decide, not them.” The Italian boss is an avuncular character, staying calm even at the most intense moments. But he is also as tough as teak – his management experience honed in the fire of Serie A.
And he showed his steely side with some tough words, as first Richarlison, and then Dominic Calvert-Lewin both seemed to try to take the spot-kick from Gylfi Sigurdsson, who converted rted to give his side victory.
“I have to decide, not them.” em.” said the Everton boss. “Gylfi fi has to shoot the penalty, because it was my decision. n.
“For the first penalty, there was a discussion, but they don’t decide. I choose – and I already did, so there is no question.”
Richarlison (with his manager, right) tried to o take away the first-half f spot-kick from the
Iceland captain, but other players intervened, allowing Sigurdsson to score with a
YES MY SSON Gylfi Sigurdsson fires home the goal that sealed the victory calmly taken penalty. “Strikers want to score, and that is a good thing,” said the Toffees midfielder of the incident.
In the second half, Everton were awarded a second penalty, but that was eventually overruled because of an offside. As they waited for the VAR check, though, Calvert-Lewin was handed the ball for the spot-kick, and Ancelotti was not happy. He angrily gesticulated from the touchline, and afterwards said: “The second one, there was a misunderstanding. It was unusual, because Gylfi is the penalty taker, he h wanted to give the seco second chance to Dominic. ““But I have said, I have to d decide, not them, I alrea already did decide. So there is no question.”
It didn’t matter as the Tof Toffees held out for a fam famous victory in front of re returning fans. For Ancelotti, A the challenge now is for his side to reproduce the same level of fight against Leicester in midweek. He added: “We have a rea really tough game on We Wednesday, and I hope to see the same attitude and the spirit again.”