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Everton: Three things we learnt from Everton 2-2 Liverpool

By Alan Feehely

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Referee Michael Oliver shows a red card to Richarlison of Everton during the Premier League match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park on October 17, 2020 in Liverpool, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Referee Michael Oliver shows a red card to Richarlison of Everton during the Premier League match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park on October 17, 2020 in Liverpool, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) /
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Everton’s Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti reacts at the final whistle during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on October 17, 2020. (Photo by Peter Byrne / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by PETER BYRNE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

Everton finally succeeding in taking points off top six.

1. Everton are on the right track

It was always going to be tempting for Evertonians to wake up this morning dreaming of a fifth consecutive league victory and their first victory over Liverpool in a decade, but it’s prudent to apply a more considered and nuanced analysis of their current situation.

Everton aren’t going to win the title this season, or even challenge for it. A top four finish and Champions League qualification would represent wild success, and will be the ambition of Carlo Ancelotti and his squad.

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Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool showed that they’re very much on the right track to realising this goal – Everton matched a Liverpool side in top form blow-for-blow, making the midfield battle exactly that, a battle.

What Everton showed today is that they can mix it with the very best. Given the uncertain form of Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea especially, there is a unlocked window for Everton to break into that top four and upset the media narrative of the Big Six – but it’s an ambition that must be realised gradually, week by week, not in the first five games.

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