Everton vs Aston Villa review: Everton claim vital win to restore direction of season
Everton claimed their first Premier league win at home this season with a comfortable 3-0 win over
Aston Villa. Goals from Jagielka, Lukaku and the returning Coleman in the 18th,48th and 76th minutes respectively showed real determination from Roberto Martinez's side to ensure that they recovered from a uneasy start to the season. The atmosphere around Goodison Park was one of nervousness and potential anxiety before and during most of the game but it seemed that Everton kick started their season, in terms of performance.
Villa came to Goodison in a current spell of tough fixtures, having faced Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. They didn't seem to create much when they had short periods of possession and seemed to rely on the recently returned Christian Benteke to provide chances for them. Brad Guzan's poor goalkeeping, which lead to Lukaku's third league goal this season, knocked the little drive and character out of Villa and they were very prone to lacking few numbers at the back when Everton countered in the closing stages of the game. The only positive for Paul Lambert and his side is that they next play teams without extreme depth in quality e.g. QPR and Tottenham.
Although Everton have some star players such as Mirallas and Oviedo still injured coming into the winter phase of the Premier league, the return of Barkley and Coleman to first-team action for a long time lifted the sprits of the Goodison Park faithful as they provided the firepower that Everton had been missing upfront in tough matches against Manchester United and Liverpool. There were some defensive concentration slips at times as Tim Howard didn't command his box like he would have towards the end of last season, but a win is a win at the end of the day.
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