I don't agree with the line of reasoning that there was nothing wrong with the selection because we dominated them. It's been proven time and again it doesn't win you matches. Well, for me it has. I remember Rodgers' famous line about a team that has the most possession wins 8 out of 10 times - or something like that. Not anymore.
Yes, we dominated Everton and with our best players on the bench, but we hardly tested Pickford. After 20 minutes you could see Sam had pretty much snuffed out our danger from wide positions and we were forced to go central and even though Salah did cut in to score a great goal, I think having Couts and Bobby playing centrally would have helped a lot. Plus, if Can is fit, surely he has to start ahead of Henderson? So before 20 minutes we had the ball and were an attacking threat but after about 20 minutes - we had the ball and that was it.
I'm not saying we definitely would have won if Can, Couts, and Bobby had started, but we'd have been more creative. It would have been the same team (Moreno aside) with the same chemistry that put 7 passed Spartak Moscow and 5 past Brighton, but to drop those players for a game against Everton, I just don't get it. Rest them against WBA. And don't take off Salah who is red hot right now, and keep Mane on - who had a below average game.
As an aside, I think it's time now that we move Gomez to the centre and stick Alexander out on the right. Klavan I thought had a very good game so perhaps that's something the boss can look at. For me it hit me why Lovren does the things he does, his nerve goes. That's a pretty big problem when you're a central defender.
All that said, I don't think I've ever seen such a poor display from a visiting Everton side.
Anyway, just how I saw things.
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