Everton team-mate is right about Dominic Calvert-Lewin as Sean Dyche numbers laid bare
Everton gave English football their first – and most prolific – number nine in the imposing shape of the legendary Dixie Dean but as Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s barren streak extended to 18 matches, James Tarkowski insists the emphasis is on everyone within the team to start finding the net.
Having seemingly ended the drought at home to Tottenham Hotspur in Everton’s previous game – initially being given the first goal only to see it later taken away from him in cruel fashion and awarded to team-mate Jack Harrison instead – Calvert-Lewin could be forgiven for thinking that he walked under a ladder when exiting the London Stadium on October 29. On that day the England international became only the fourth Blues player to net 50 Premier League goals for the club. But despite such proven pedigree at the highest level, he has so far been unable to add to his tally since.
There have been big moments in between to remedy that. Let's not forgot he had an effort away to Spurs on December 23 chalked off following a VAR check that deemed Andre Gomes applying the kind of pressure on Emerson Royal that a maitre d would use when showing you to a table in a restaurant was excessive. And there was also the big one-on-one chance he spurned in the goalless draw with Aston Villa at Goodison Park.
After that miss, ECHO columnist and former Everton player Michael Ball said: “You’ve got to give Dom credit that he’s still finding himself in those situations. He’s not playing in a team in which he gets seven of these chances per game.
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