There’s almost no stopping the Toffees now from going down

By Ed Emeanua

The Toffee’s midfield ace Alex Iwobi failed to stem the slide of his team to Championship football next season as Everton fell 2-1 to a home defeat at Goodison Park to visitors Fulham on Saturday.

But it was not without a fight. In a see-saw match with a lot of twist and turns, Harrison Reeds opened scoring on 22′ for Fulham.

During moments in the early part of the first half, Everton wore a forlorn look and was bereft of ideas like a Nomad lost in the desert as Fulham took control.

Reed then found the net in the 22nd minute when he tucked in the rebound after a Harry Wilson’s shot struck the post giving manager Marco Silva’s side the lead.

The goal later proved to be a tonic for Everton’s jagged edges as the Toffees came alive with their Goodison Park faithful spurring them on.

Sean Dyche made a tactical tweak already by going 4-5-1 with Gray relocating to the left and Iwobi taking up a more central midfield role in a change that was badly required.

From then on, the home team began to have a say. Neal Maupay’s header was pincered off by Fulham goalie Bernd Leno only for James Tarkowski to fire the rebound over the bar.

Everton then found the mark when Dwight McNeil’s low left-footer from the right found the net after being picked out by Garner.

Both sides settled for 1-1 at the interval.

In the second half, Fulham easily scored again after the home team had crawled back into their shells yet again.

This allowed Wilson to riffle his 51st minute shot past Everton’s goalie Jordan Pickford in a goalmouth melee.

From then, Fulham took complete control of the game. In waves after waves, Fulham stormed on. Pereira somehow construed to fire atop Everton’s post from close-range missing the third of Fulham’s chances within two minutes to put the tie to bed for Silva’s side.

Finally, Fulham scored their third goal at Goodison Park after Dan James shot went past Pickford into Everton’s goalposts in the 68′.

The goal was enough to send steadily Everton marching on towards relegation lane.