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Celtic twice lost a lead as they gained their first Champions League point in a 2-2 home draw with 10-man Atletico Madrid sports
Kyogo Furuhashi got Celtic off to a flying start with his second goal in two Champions League games and Luis Palma quickly restored Celtic’s lead after Antoine Griezmann scored following his own saved penalty sports
Celtic were deservedly on course for a first Champions League group-stage home win in 10 years following a first-half display full of pace and purpose but they started slowly after the break and Alvaro Morata levelled inside eight minutes of the restart sports
The Scottish champions never rediscovered their spark - even after Atletico went down to 10 men in the 82nd minute - and their run without a home win at this level is now at 12 games sports
Feyenoord’s win over Lazio left Celtic three points adrift of the Italians at the bottom of Group E, halfway through the campaign with trips to Spain and Rome to follow sports
The build-up to the game had been dominated by internal and external strife sports
Thousands of Celtic fans defied the club before kick-off by displaying Palestine flags, an act which will inevitably lead to UEFA sanctions sports
Atletico’s decision to dispense with their striped shirts and wear an all-red top based on the one worn by the team that beat Celtic in the 1974 European Cup semi-finals also opened old wounds sports
Two of the team that gained a goalless first-leg draw at Parkhead had travelled with the current side but the tribute did not go down well among the Celtic support given Atletico had three men sent off and seven others booked in that brutal encounter sports
Furuhashi ignited the highly-charged atmosphere inside four minutes following a one-touch move sports
The Japan international twice exchanged passes with Matt O’Riley before taking a touch and slotting home from six yards sports
There was a blow for Brendan Rodgers moments later when Reo Hatate went off injured sports
The Celtic manager brought on 21-year-old midfielder Paulo Bernardo, who is yet to start a game since his loan move from Benfica sports
The home side remained positive, roared on by the crowd as they pressed Atletico high up the park, but the visitors levelled in the 25th minute after Greg Taylor was penalised for a trip on Nahuel Molina sports
Joe Hart saved Griezmann’s penalty at full stretch but the France international dispatched the rebound sports
Taylor atoned three minutes later when he played a searching ball beyond right-back Molina which sent Daizen Maeda in behind sports
The resulting cross found fellow winger Palma and the Honduran took a touch and rifled a shot in off the post sports
Luis Palma gave Celtic the lead for a second time (Getty Images)Palma had been denied a late goal against Lazio three weeks ago by a marginal VAR ruling and an offside decision soon went Celtic’s way after Axel Witsel headed home from a set-piece sports
O’Riley had earlier threatened with a first-time strike which was met with a diving save as Celtic continued to attack with verve sports
Diego Simeone made two half-time changes and substitute Marcos Llorente vindicated his introduction within eight minutes as he crossed for Morata to equalise with a diving header sports
Morata and Llorente both threatened and Rodgers responded by bringing on centre-back Nat Phillips for Palma and changing formation sports
Atletico continued to boss possession and Celtic were contributing to their difficulties with some slack passing sports
Hart saved well from Morata after the Spain international turned Cameron Carter-Vickers sports
Celtic got a lifeline when Argentinian midfielder Rodrigo de Paul received a second yellow card following a sliding tackle on Bernardo sports
Substitute James Forrest shot not far over but Celtic could not seriously trouble the 10 men sports
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The Merseyside derby features the side second only to Tottenham in the table sports
Not Liverpool, and not the standings that matter most sports
But in the shot charts, Everton, with 133, are behind only the actual league leaders sports
They have a higher expected goals in league sports football this season than Manchester City sports
They average more shots per match than Barcelona sports
An early-season anomaly or is Sean Dyche a born-again entertainer and Dycheball sports football’s newest great attacking philosophy? If logic dictates that the answer veers towards the former – after all, at this stage of last season, Frank Lampard’s Everton had the Premier League’s best defensive record – Dyche has had a point during the post-match interviews where he has repeated a mantra about the number and quality of chances his side have generated sports
They were camouflaged in part by the low conversion rate, by the meagre tally of nine goals, by the fact Everton did not score in their first three league games and, for the first time in their history, they lost their opening three at Goodison Park without finding the net sports
There is a case for arguing that if Everton had been sports better at finishing, they would have required fewer shots: take a comfortable lead early and they might not have had 19 efforts against Fulham or 15 versus Wolves, each in 1-0 defeats at Goodison Park, or 23 at home to Luton, also in a loss sports
RecommendedEverton set to learn Premier League fate as FFP hearing nears conclusionMohamed Salah calls for Gaza to be given humanitarian aid ‘immediately’Premier League increasing number of live games as part of new broadcasting dealsAnd yet there is something remarkable in a Dyche team lacking too much obvious creativity generating such statistics: he is the manager who took Burnley to seventh in the Premier League while averaging under a goal a game and in a season when only four clubs had fewer shots sports
At Turf Moor, Dyche was a byword for 4-4-2: at Goodison Park, he has tended to play 4-4-1-1 and perhaps that shift has helped generate more opportunities sports
Everton’s reinvention as the expected goals Wunderteam stems in part from Dyche’s chosen No 10: perhaps, given his emphasis on physicality, it is typical he has a runner rather than a flair player in the role sports
And yet Everton have excelled at getting Abdoulaye Doucoure into scoring positions sports
He has (on Understat’s model) the third highest non-penalty xG in the division, sports bettered only by Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak, at 4 sports
87 sports
It has only brought the Malian three goals but it is notable his average shot distance is just 11 sports
5 yards sports
By comparison, Haaland’s is 11 sports
3; these are the statistics of men who shoot from close range, who get good chances sports
Injuries have meant several Everton players have had abbreviated campaigns so a sample size becomes even smaller; yet it is notable how several players have a high xG per 90 minutes on the pitch: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (0 sports
92), Doucoure (0 sports
64), sports Beto (0 sports
62), Arnaut Danjuma (0 sports
60) and Jack Harrison (0 sports
44) sports
Neal Maupay’s tally was 1 sports
38 before he left for Brentford, in part because he missed all those chances sports
sports Beto is yet to score a league goal but the shot-happy signing has had a nuisance value sports
Abdoulaye Doucoure is only sports bettered in the xG charts by Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak (PA)That many of the chances originate from the flanks, from crossing and from set-pieces show a typical method of attacking under Dyche; he has rarely had a midfield playmaker sports
Everton rank second only to Luton for crosses this season sports
Their three most prolific crossers are Ashley Young, James Garner and Dwight McNeil sports
Harrison’s 0 sports
97 assists per 90 minutes is the most of any player in the division who has played over 100 minutes, albeit just 118 sports
Among those who have played 200 or more, McNeil (0 sports
57 from 371) ranks second only to Mohamed Salah sports
Equally, there is a supporting cast: Everton have 12 players with an expected goals per 90 minutes of at least 0 sports
12; that they include all of Dyche’s full-backs is a further sign of his style of play sports
By way of comparison, only six Everton players last season had had an xA per 90 of 0 sports
12 or more and they included Tom Cannon, who played a mere 15 minutes, and Salomon Rondon, who featured for just 96, plus Alex Iwobi and Demarai Gray, who have both since been sold sports
So, in his own way, Dyche has made Everton more creative: with powerful strikers, crossing wingers and his familiar, prosaic feel sports
His signings has shown a clarity of thought: with a target man, in sports Beto; a full-back with 71 Premier League assists, in Young; a winger with a high shot volume, in Danjuma; and one who was directly involved in 37 top-flight goals in three seasons at Leeds, in Harrison sports
Dwight McNeil is second to only Mohamed Salah when it comes to expected assists (Getty Images)But Everton’s attacking efforts in his reign have revolved around two he inherited, neither particularly potent previously sports
McNeil and Doucoure kept Everton up last season, each with five goals and two assists in the 18 matches after Dyche took charge sports
Thus far this season, each is on course to producing sports better numbers sports
And yet they come with a caveat sports
So far, Everton have had five home games sports
They have faced two of the current bottom four, in Luton and Bournemouth, and two more in the lower half, in Fulham and Wolves sports
They are still only 16th and the fixture list gets tougher sports
They underperformed their expected goals dramatically last season so the fact they are doing so again does not automatically mean the numbers will even themselves out sports
They will almost certainly end the season with a lower xG than City and fewer shots per game than Barcelona sports
But for now, the second lowest scorers last year have been rebranded as the team with the second highest number of shots now sports
Overworked opposition defenders may not be the only people who are surprised about that sports
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