Jurgen’s happy but Jose fumes at flaky forwards
EVERTON’S 18-year wait for a victory at Anfield will extend several more months at least after their 3-1 Merseyside derby defeat in the lunchtime kick-off.
Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho’s right-foot shots, in the eighth and 31st minutes, gave Liverpool the half-time advantage — either side of Matthew Pennington’s first goal in his Everton career.
Mane had to go off with an ankle injury early in the second half, but his replacement Divock Origi added a third with another shot from distance on the hour to take the Reds above Manchester City into third place.
Manchester United were unable to make any significant ground up from fifth place as they were held to a stalemate at home to determined West Brom.
Jose Mourinho laid into Manchester United’s flaky attack after yet another Old Trafford draw, accusing some of his players of disappearing against West Brom.
Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan were the focus of Mourinho’s postmatch ire, having seen United fail to eke out victory as the race for the top four heats up.
“I think in football, especially in teams that want to win things, you need con- Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney exchanges words with referee Mike Dean sistency in the individuals,” he said in the press conference. “In some other clubs, in some teams where you play for top 10, you play a player with talent is always welcome even if that talent is not consistent.
“Even if that talent is one day, yes, one day, no — in these teams at this level, you need to be consistent.
“And today for 90 minutes (Antonio) Valencia was consistent, Ashley Young was consistent, Marcos Rojo was con- sistent, (Eric) Bailly was consistent, (Marouane) Fellaini was consistent, (Michael) Carrick was consistent.
“And the other ones were not consistent. The other ones were a flash of talent, a glimpse of talent, one good action, almost goal and we need to kill opponents. This is deja vu all season.”
Tottenham were rocked by first-half injuries to Victor Wanyama and Harry Winks at Turf Moor, with the latter taken to hospital for emergency treatment after sliding off the pitch and damaging his ankle. But Eric Dier’s first league goal of the season arrived on the hour, and Son Heung-min added his 15th of the campaign 13 minutes from time as Burnley suffered a rare home defeat.
Resurgent Leicester, meanwhile, were indebted to Wilfried Ndidi’s first Premier League goal — an outstanding longrange strike in the 25th minute — as the champions won 2-0 at home to Stoke, extending new manager Craig Shakespeare’s 100 per cent record to four matches.
Jamie Vardy volleyed in the second for the Foxes, and his fifth in six matches, early in the second half.
A late missed penalty from Harry Arter cost Bournemouth victory in the south coast derby as they drew 0-0 at Southampton.
After they had resisted much of the hosts’ pressure, Arter struck well over the crossbar when he could have secured all three points and further eased the fading threat of relegation.
A draw instead leaves Bournemouth 11th in the Premier League and level on 34 points with their 10th-placed rivals, who have two games in hand. They also sit seven points clear of the bottom three.