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At 23:00 Beijing time on January 15, a match in the 22nd round of the Premier League began to compete, and Everton challenged Norwich away. Everton have a dismal record this season, playing 18 league games and winning only 5 and losing 9, ranking lower. Everton have gone three consecutive league games without a win, including a loss to Crystal Palace and Brighton, a draw with Chelsea. Benitez is under pressure and faces a crisis of graduation. Benitez needs to get the team out of trouble as soon as possible to keep the managerial position. This time Everton played against the bottom team Norwich, which was a good chance for Everton to win and needed to take all three points, but Everton messed up and lost to Norwich.
Benitez was out of 442 formations for the match. Pickford served as the starting goalkeeper. McColenko, Keane, Godfrey and Coleman are paired at 4 backs. Gray, Andre Gomez, Ducouret and Anthony Gordon form a four-midfielder. Le Win and Rondon joined forces with the strikers. Risalisson and Mina sit on the bench. Norwich are in the 4231 formation, with Puki at the top.
In the 12th minute of the match, Rees-Milu fired a long-range shot from outside the box and the goalkeeper landed on the ground to confiscate the ball. Three minutes later, Norwich scored! Sargent crossed from the right and Michael Keane blocked the ball at the front post, which found the ball digging into the near corner of the goal! This oolong ball is amazing! Two minutes later, Norwich scored again! Brandon Williams delivered a delicate diagonal ball, and Ida stopped the ball in the middle of the penalty area to get a one-handed opportunity, and he calmly scored the ball. At the end of the half, Everton trailed by 2 goals and were in trouble. Everton had 55% possession in the first half, with 7 shots on target and 3 shots on target, without scoring. Norwich scored six shots on goal in the first half, 2 shots on target and 2 goals. It was Norwich's first two-goal lead in the first half of a Premier League home game since 2016.
After playing for a while after the start of the second half, Everton did not change anything. Benitez decided to make a substitution in the 53rd minute, with Risalisson and Mina coming on as substitutes for Rondon and Coleman. Such a substitution had an immediate effect, with substitute Risalisson barbing the goal to pull back a goal for Everton. However, after that, Although Everton had some chances, he never scored another goal. In the end, Everton lost 1-2 to Norwich, breaking a cold score. Everton played too badly. For Benitez, losing to the bottom team was humiliating. Benitez's position is in jeopardy, and Everton has little room to continue making mistakes.