Aston Villa 4-0 Everton: Sean Dyche 'could have taken whole team off' in defeat

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Everton brag Sean Dyche rubs his look connected the touchline during the nonaccomplishment to Aston Villa

It is lone 2 games into the caller play but Everton are already bottommost of the Premier League array and the problems are piling up for Sean Dyche.

The Toffees mislaid 1-0 against Fulham successful their opener and were taken isolated 4-0 astatine Aston Villa connected Sunday to descend to the ft of the division.

The mode of the decision - with galore antiaircraft lapses that were duly punished by Villa - volition beryllium of large interest to Dyche, but wounded issues are stacking up for the Everton brag too.

Striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin seems to beryllium stuck successful an wounded curse which helium conscionable cannot shingle off, lasting conscionable 36 minutes astatine Villa Park, portion Alex Iwobi besides hobbled disconnected successful the 2nd half.

"I could person taken the full squad disconnected astatine half-time," said Dyche. "They were by acold the amended side.

"We were a agelong mode disconnected it aft being a agelong mode connected past week wherever we played precise well. That was a astonishment to me.

"We started well, but it reminded maine of past play erstwhile we conceded a extremity and you odor the radical going brushed precise quickly. You concede different 1 past everyone is looking astatine each other.

"You person to judge a corporate downer, I tin hardly prime a subordinate who was anyplace adjacent what we tin do. Villa astir apt had the reverse.

"We person to marque definite we larn from it precise rapidly and the mentality is stronger going forwards."

Calvert-Lewin's wounded curse continues

Dominic Calvert-Lewin gives a thumbs-up towards Everton fans aft appearing to beryllium booed astatine Villa Park

Everton person narrowly avoided relegation for the past 2 seasons, escaping connected the last time past term, and different miserable run seems to beryllium successful store for the Toffees' players and supporters.

After 2 games, they are yet to people and find themselves propping up the apical formation - with a immense lucifer against 19th-placed Wolves adjacent play astatine Goodison Park.

Another winless crippled volition enactment Dyche nether terrible unit but 1 happening is present definite - helium cannot trust connected Calvert-Lewin to enarthrosis the goalscoring burden.

The English forward, who won the past of his 11 planetary caps successful 2021, is present successful information of becoming known arsenic an injury-prone subordinate who occasionally manages to find immoderate fitness.

Calvert-Lewin, 26, has completed 90 minutes lone 4 times since the commencement of past season, including conscionable erstwhile since January.

He managed conscionable 2 goals crossed the entirety of past word and has lone scored 4 times successful the league since August 2021.

Having collided with Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez aboriginal successful the archetypal half, Calvert-Lewin tried to worker connected but had to travel disconnected and determination seemed to beryllium jeers from the travelling supporters arsenic helium near the field.

The striker reacted by putting his thumb up successful their absorption earlier heading down the tunnel.

Meanwhile, chap striker Neal Maupay has not scored successful his past 29 games successful each competitions, portion summertime signing Youssef Chemiti is not yet acceptable capable for the rigours of the Premier League.

Dyche said: "Dom got a sound connected the cheekbone and had blurred vision, we person to get it checked properly. We are hoping it's conscionable a knock.

"He has gone successful to people a extremity and slipped. Hopefully if it's not arsenic atrocious we think, it should settee down quickly."

'We started disconnected OK but past we capitulated'

Everton person shipped 5 goals successful their opening 2 fixtures truthful far, and 2 of the goals they conceded astatine Villa Park came aft they had failed to wide throw-ins.

Another came from the punishment spot aft Jordan Pickford brought down Ollie Watkins and the England keeper has present conceded 5 penalties since his Everton debut successful 2017.

Defender James Tarkowski gave a scathing appraisal of the display, telling Sky Sports: "We started disconnected OK past aft astir 7 minutes we capitulated. I saw mediocre assemblage language.

"I don't deliberation it's deficiency of effort arsenic such, it's not similar no-one runs around, possibly conscionable mediocre subject successful our signifier and we got opened up.

"Every extremity for maine is awful. I haven't seen them backmost yet but astatine the clip they seemed awful."

Dyche added: "A caput scratcher. When you person planned and prepared, the players should spell successful assured but it looked excessively lackadaisical and players looking to each different to ignite it.

"Our defending, assemblage language, the intent successful and retired of possession was not there."

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