Daily Express - 02.09.2019

62 Daily Express Monday, September 02, 2019 FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE

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By Chris McKenna

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EVERTON

WOLVES

Meanwhile, Spurs

striker Harry Kane

insisted he did not dive

to try to win a late

penalty when he felt a

shove in the back from

Sokratis.

Kane said: “The

defender made a tired

tackle. On halfway I

think I’d get that foul.

The referee probably

thinks I’m looking for

it. He’s come through

the back of me but it is

50/50. VAR would

probably have backed

the ref in this.”

Arsenal boss Unai

Emery warned Granit

Xhaka to learn from

his mistakes after he

gave away the first-half

penalty from which

Kane scored.

Since his Premier

League debut in August

2016, Xhaka has now

conceded five penalties

• more than any other
  player. Emery said of
  him: “In 90 minutes I
  am very proud of his
  work. Some mistakes
  we can have. I want to
  use them to progress,
  to improve, to learn.
  “There are a lot of
  positive things with
  Xhaka for me.
  “The penalty is a
  disappointing action.
  But he played very
  well.”
  Emery praised his
  side for their
  second-half fightback
  but added: “We played
  with our heart,
  sometimes more than
  our head. We need the
  balance.”

HOW THEY STAND

P W D L F A Pts

Liverpool 4 4 0 0 12 3 12

Man City 4 3 1 0 14 3 10

Leicester 4 2 2 0 6 3 8

Crystal Palace 4 2 1 1 3 2 7

Arsenal 4 2 1 1 6 6 7

Everton 4 2 1 1 4 4 7

West Ham 4 2 1 1 6 7 7

Man Utd 4 1 2 1 7 4^5

Tottenham 4 1 2 1 7 6 5

Sheff Utd 4 1 2 1 5 5^5

Chelsea 4 1 2 1 6 9 5

Burnley 4 1 1 2 5 6^4

Southampton 4 1 1 2 4 6^4

Newcastle 4 1 1 2 3 5 4

Bournemouth 4 1 1 2 5 8 4

Brighton 4 1 1 2 4 7 4

Wolves 4 0 3 1 4 5 3

Aston Villa 4 1 0 3 4 6^3

Norwich 4 1 0 3 6 10 3

Watford 4 0 1 3 2 8 1

again. Richarlison got another

two against Wolves here as he

opened the scoring and decided

the outcome at Goodison Park.

Everton were twice pegged

back, with Romain Saiss and

then Raul Jimenez cancelling out

Richarlison and Alex Iwobi’s

goals. But an impressive late

header from the Brazilian

secured three points for Everton.

Manager Marco Silva said:

“Richarlison is the type of player

that needs good performances

and if possible to win confidence

in the way he likes to play.

“The way he celebrated the

last goal against Lincoln [in the

Carabao Cup midweek] shows he

needs these moments. Last

season, he did all the pre-season

ALL SQUARE

BRAGGING rights are shared. And

a feisty but error-strewn north

London derby reinforced the fact

there is little else for these two

clubs to fight for this season.

After the classy wins by Liverpool

and Manchester City on Saturday,

this was an old-fashioned, blood-

and-guts encounter with lusty

challenges, niggling tussles and

never-say-die determination.

Arsenal showed the fight that

went AWOL in the Europa League

final while Tottenham seem to have

lost the self-belief that took them to

the Champions League final.

If Christian Eriksen – one of

Spurs’ brightest performers

yesterday – packs his bags today,

the final day of the transfer window,

Arsenal and

Spurs look

likely to be

left behind in

the title race

LEVEL

PEGGING

Aubameyang

fires in the

equaliser and,

below, Eriksen

taps in the

opening goal

for Tottenham

Wolves fire up Richarlison

FACING Wolves must be what

Richarlison needs to get his

season going.

It was last August on the

opening weekend when he

bagged a brace to get his

Everton career off to a flying

start. But this term he drew a

blank in the opening month of

the Premier League.

Yet the arrival of Nuno

Espirito Santo’s side inspired the

forward to find his scoring touch

FIRST ACT:

Richarlison

opens the

scoring

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players like Eriksen to

finally be over –

because it almost

floored his unsettled

team.

Pochettino said:

“Tomorrow I’m so

happy because

tomorrow is going to

finish the transfer

window. We start from

tomorrow being all on

the same page.

“I think we were

nearly on the floor and

now we are going to

improve. Now we have

clear minds. Christian

and different players,

tomorrow they are

going to be focused

100 per cent on

Tottenham and not

thinking of different

things.”

There has also been

uncertainty about the

futures of Danny Rose

and Serge Aurier, but

while he is optimistic

Eriksen is staying,

Pochettino would give

no guarantees.

He said: “We wait.

Still some hours. I

don’t want to say it’s

impossible but it’s

going to be difficult.

“Nothing is

impossible in football. I

am optimistic. I hope

in 24 hours everything

will be clearer for

everyone.

“But it showed our

decision to play

Christian was right.

He’s an important

player for the team

and gave a great

performance.”

‘Transfer window

nearly floored us’

FALL GUY:

Kane with

Sokratis