Felt like one of those days, to be honest: thank whatever gods may be for the ol' Toby-Alli one-two goal, because otherwise we were running the risk of falling into an all-too-familiar pattern of dominating but not scoring.
Observations -
- Good game all-round, really - everyone did their jobs well, penned Everton in, and nicked the ball off them the few times they did get forward (a special mention here goes to Carroll, who retrieved the ball a surprising number of times for someone so slight - he uses positioning rather than heavy challenges to defend, and it's good to see).
- One way we could improve in the second half is getting more players into the box to support Kane when we attack: Kane spent most of the half labouring up front on his own, even as we put the ball into the box time and again with no one following up behind him. A few more players attacking the box more vigorously would alleviate our need to take long shots from outside the area.
- I usually get angry at former players upping their game against us, but I can't fault Lennon, to be honest. Good for the guy - after ten loyal years at the club, he was bundled out in what I still feel was a disrespectful, careless way, and I'm not particularly fussed that he got his goal and got the chance to prove a point to us. Didn't celebrate as well, which is something he didn't need to do after the way he left.