The “Toffee” failed again in the last round. This time, Everton lost away to Newcastle (1:2). This is the second consecutive defeat of Carlo Ancelotti’s team in the current championship and the third match in a row in which the Liverpool club could not win. The two defeats were preceded by a draw with Liverpool (2:2), which ended the winning streak of “toffee” of four matches in a row in the starting rounds. Two consecutive failures have lowered Everton to fourth position, but they are only three points behind leading Liverpool. The reason for this change in the Liverpudlian game is quite simple, thats personnel situation. It is quite difficult to keep the mark without a solid bench depth. For a number of reasons, Everton found themselves out of work with a number of important players. These problems did not disappear before the match against Manchester United. Richarlison will miss this fight due to disqualification. Another important attacker, James Rodriguez, is injured and his participation in the match is in question. Also in the infirmary are Andre Gomes, Ben Godfrey, Mason Holgate and Jean-Philippe Gbamen. Nevertheless, Everton have not yet lost at home in the current championship. Both defeats fell on away matches. But at Goodison Park Ancelotti’s wards recorded victories over West Bromwich (5:2) and Brighton (4:2) in addition to a draw with Liverpool.
Olympique Marseille is now one of the best teams in Ligue 1: they won the last two matches, but in general the team lost only one time out of eight fights and these last two games were with Lorient and Bordeaux. Lorient is still in very bad shape, but Bordeaux is very good. This club has represented Ligue 1 for a very long time and is very experienced, so it was difficult to beat it. But one of the most interesting results is that Olympique Marseille has conceded eight goals in a similar number of matches, so now the defense of the team is not so perfect. But in the Champions League, the team lost two matches, where one of them was against a very strong Manchester City and the second one was against Olympiacos, which does not exactly mean the strength of Marseille. By the way, Olympique Marseille is still the only club from France to have won this European tournament.
