Source: Liverpool_Echo
Everton FC analysis: broken home is costing Blues dear
IF you're Blue and in need of cheering up- and there were 33,000 who fitted that description on Saturday night - here goes.[LNB]Everton haven't lost an away match in the Premier League since August.[LNB]Yes, really.[LNB]Despite trips to Chelsea, Tottenham and a Birmingham side unbeaten at home for almost a year, Everton are supremely accomplished travellers.[LNB] The problem is, every other week they have to play at home. And Everton come from a broken home this season.[LNB]The dramatically contrasting home and away records may not be mere coincidence.[LNB]The tension and anxiety around Goodison Park on Saturday was palpable.[LNB]And it grew and grew to debilitating levels with every missed chance, every fluffed header and each overly deliberate shot.[LNB]Everton are playing decent enough football.[LNB]Not great. Not Barcelona in disguise.[LNB]But decent enough nevertheless.[LNB]An inability to finish off some penetrative approach play, however, is leading to serious anxiety attacks breaking out all around Goodison Park. And it shows.[LNB]Everton started Saturday's clash brightly and purposefully.[LNB]Once again they created an absolute hatful of respectable goalscoring opportunities.[LNB]But once again they missed them. Jermaine Beckford was not the culprit this time. Seamus Coleman, Tim Cahill, Louis Saha, Steven Pienaar and Marouane Fellaini (although he was mercifully ruled offside) were the guilty parties.
