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Everton: 3 Takeaways from the dominating win against Leicester City

By Callum Brannan

Everton's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti gestures to supporters on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between Everton and Chelsea at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on December 12, 2020. (Photo by PETER POWELL / 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 POWELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Everton's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti gestures to supporters on the pitch after the English Premier League football match between Everton and Chelsea at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on December 12, 2020. (Photo by PETER POWELL / 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 POWELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Here are three things Everton fans can take from the Leicester game:

Everton secured their second win of the week against Leicester. The Toffees performed admirably as they won 2-0 against Brendan Rodgers’ men. This performance comes after a 1-0 against Chelsea at Goodison Park, Everton’s first back-to-back clean sheet wins since September 2019 where the Toffees picked up wins against both Sheffield clubs.

If you want the last back-to-back clean sheet wins in the league you have to go back to April 2018 where the Toffees beat Newcastle 1-0 and grabbed a 2-0 away win against Huddersfield.

It’s a great sign of optimism for Carlo Ancelotti’s men as Everton look to pick up the ball they had dropped after the great start to the season. Richarlison was able to finally get onto the scoresheet after a bit of a fumble of the ball by veteran shot-stopper Kasper Schmeichel and Mason Holgate put in a scrappy affair which forced two great double saves out of the Foxes keeper.

This puts Everton in a fantastic position to beat a severely out of form Arsenal, with Mikel Arteta’s job arguably on the chopping block if he can’t start producing results soon.

Match Review. Everton snare Foxes and secure second straight clean sheet. light

1. Alex Iwobi is proving everybody wrong

When Alex Iwobi joined Everton, most fans sighed at the signing, Iwobi was a late replacement to Wilfried Zaha, who had everything agreed to join the Toffees until Crystal Palace decided to pull out of the deal.

Fans were enraged when they saw the price-tag, £28m, with a chance to rise to £34m, for a player who hadn’t really proved himself. Iwobi always had natural talent that anybody could notice from a mile away, but his problem was always stringing together consistent performances.

One thing that Ancelotti has done for Everton is get that consistency out of Iwobi, ever since he broke back into the starting eleven against Fulham after an injury to Seamus Coleman he hasn’t looked back.

In his four appearances on the right side, Iwobi is averaging a 7.35 rating, which is up there for the highest in the squad. Fans may complain and argue that four games can’t prove a player is worth £30m, and that’s correct, but if Iwobi can continue to string together performances like he has recently, then he’ll be more than worth the money that the Toffees paid for him.