The Everton manager had been highly complimentary about Spurs beforehand, describing them as one of the strongest teams in the Premier League. It took less than a minute after the restart for the wing-back to make them regret that, easily picking out Kane for the striker to register his 101st Spurs goal with a languid finish. Whatever the Everton manager had said at the interval was now irrelevant; his side were involved in a damage limitation exercise. Namely, trying to keep the final score more respectable than the one Liverpool ended up with at Manchester City. While there might be one or two Everton fans who will take a hollow crumb of comfort from that knowledge, Liverpool were playing away from home.

Source: The Guardian September 09, 2017 16:08 UTC