Here are your Everton evening headlines for Monday, October 31.
James Tarkowski offers Conor Coady Everton insight as 'aggressive' Aleksandar Mitrovic point made
James Tarkowski has opened up on his blossoming relationship with Conor Coady and detailed how Everton dealt with the 'aggressive' Aleksandar Mitrovic at the weekend.
The Blues signed both Tarkowski and Coady in the summer as Frank Lampard looked to strengthen his backline that had struggled for large parts of last season. Both defenders have quickly become Lampard's go-to men at the back and helped stabilise the Blues’ back-line.
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The pair were again instrumental as Everton held Fulham to a goalless draw at Craven Cottage at the weekend. And when asked why his partnership with Coady has been a success in such a short space of time, Tarkowski believes the fact the two are close off the pitch is a huge factor.
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Vitalii Mykolenko handed new Frank Lampard challenge as Everton defender adds 'extra threat
Vitalii Mykolenko followed his best attacking performance of the season by putting his body on the line to help Everton secure a draw at Fulham.
The 23-year-old earned the praise of both Frank Lampard and James Tarkowski after the trip to Craven Cottage, the pair namechecking the Ukraine international as they heralded a resilient display from the Blues. Lampard was clear in the aftermath of the goalless draw that there is room for improvement but, while Everton faded as an attacking force in the second half, Jordan Pickford later highlighted how this was a match the club would likely have lost last season.
The new-found solidity has been inspired by the arrival of Tarkowski and centre back partner Conor Coady but Lampard now has a spine he can depend on. And Mykolenko's performance showed the value of contributions from across the team.
Mykolenko made five clearances across his 90 minutes on Saturday evening, blocking three crosses and showing willingness to get in the way as Fulham mustered 24 shots on goal. Despite the number of attempts, few seriously troubled Jordan Pickford - Everton's number one producing excelling stops to the ones that did, from Willian and Aleksandar Mitrovic. That was largely down to the efforts of the back four and, after the match, Tarkowski pointed to the role of his left back as he said: “I thought he was top class today. Positional wise, he blocked four or five shots on target, and he was getting two-v-one on the outside and still blocking it. I thought he was superb."
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