Match Report – By the numbers – Player ratings – Video In the opening stages of yesterday's game, it's fair to say there was a nervousness about the crowd after what happened on Wednesday night. It all felt quite flat. The manager had made a couple of changes, with Gabriel coming in for Mertesacker and Oxlade-Chamberlain for Welbeck, but he kept faith with Olivier Giroud despite how badly it went for him against Monaco. Everton had lots of the ball early on, but did very little with it. It's strange to see an Everton side this insipid. Considering how delicate and obviously affected by the Champions League game we were, I expected them to try and rattle us further....
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