Claudio Ranieri made his debut at Watford a week ago conceding a tough 0-5 against Liverpool, but today his team retaliated by endorsing Rafa Benítez’s Everton 2-5 in a crazy pulse in the Premier League between two prestigious technical veterans .
The ‘hornets’ lost 2-1 with a quarter of an hour left, but staged a spectacular comeback with a hat trick from Norwegian Joshua King, who had not yet scored this season, taking advantage of the facilities of the horrific defense of which it was his team from last February to July.
[+] See the summary and the goals of the match:
Everton advance in minute 3
Everton gave first just three minutes after the start of the game in a perfectly executed manual against. Anthony Gordon led her starting from his field before giving in to Andy Gray, who starred in a great boarding down the left to the baseline and his death pass was crossed point-blank by Tom Davies of the cinema.
Watford was forced from the beginning to come back and before the quarter of an hour they leveled the score in a play that required the intervention of the VAR. Masina kicked a free-kick on the right next to the corner flag, there was a rebound in the center of the area and Joshua King, at the far post, pushed the ball into the net (13 ‘). The video refereeing took a few minutes to decide that the forward was not offside.
The game was kept open at all times, with continuous ideas and comings, although both teams lacked success in the definition phase.
Richarlison returns a month later and puts the 2-1
The 1-1 did not move until at the time of the game Rafa Benítez decided to enter Richarlison, who reappeared after 40 days of absence due to injury and in the first ball he touched he advanced to Everton. Michael Lane put a good ball into the area and the Brazilian, unmarked, scored on the plate ahead of the exit of goal Ben Foster (64 ‘).
But the game was by no means decided and in just two minutes Watford turned the scoreboard taking advantage of their rival’s defensive doubts.
Three goals in the final quarter hour
Juraj Kucka made it 2-2 with an unappealable header from a corner thrown by Cucho Hernández (79 ‘). And on the next play the ‘hornets’ again hit their rival in a lethal counter that could not cut an off-site defense. King received only in the area of Emmanuel Dennis and beat a desperate Jordan Pickford (80 ‘).
The final punchline came in 86 ‘in the middle of the defensive disaster of the’ toffee ‘. King fell the ball back on his feet in the area, cut Keane and shot. Already in the discount, the substitute Dennis, who had given two assists, did the same with Seamus Coleman and placed the ball next to Pickford rounding the ‘hand’ of a Watford that climbs to 14th place, six points from the relegation zone .
Second defeat followed by Everton at home
Everton, who already lost last Sunday to West Ham (0-1), reaped their second loss in a row at home, they are still eighth for now, but after their remarkable start to the season, they are already eight points behind leaders Chelsea,