ive read many times in this forum that the beat everton as a result of them having more pace and phisicality., and even some saying that kind of football "counters" everton stile... i cant agree with neither of those statements.
they were just better on that evening thats it, how? 1. played almost perfectly and 2. everton coulndnt pass the ball accurate enough to drain their stamina, NO team can chase the ball for ever, not bayern, liverpool, or even prime barsa... everton help their pressure many times playing short to a covered player playing with his back to the goal and refusing to trow a long ball and FIGHT for the rebound.
on their offense, i must say they exploited PRETTY well the obvious hole in the right side: James is not a defender and godfrey is not A RB (poor guy was sacrificed there, second worse only to iwobi). that coupled with a 1 man only pressure made em look way too good, the solution when you cant pressure high? BUCKLE up and wait with all your men behind the ball and yes , counter attack. but well carlo is not that kind of manager.
am pretty sure they wouldnt look so good vs a tight defense with almost zero meters to run , very few teams have the creative players to work a short accurate passing game and most PL teams lack those kind of players , sometimes you have to weather the storm and bunker up a liltle to then launch a quick counter.
