Good report.
Ramsdale 8 MOM - Decent distribution and quick off his line; his best game so far imo. Kept us in the game at many points, so for that he’s my MoM.
Stacey 6 - Not bad at all for your first PL start. Good tackling but also very loose on the ball. Promising display.
Cook 6 - Might need a rewatch but not great? Solid enough, but played a lot of hospital balls throughout the game, seems to be struggling with injury still?
Ake 8 - His positioning is genuinely world class at times. Always in the right place.
Rico 7 - Breakout game? Still some problems, but some fantastic last ditch blocks, consistently excellent set pieces and a good assist. An individual performance to build on.
H. Wilson 5 - Another anonymous performance. Bit of a luxury player? Those Free Kicks are a good luxury to have tbf.
L. Cook 8 - Engine, passing, dribbling, defending; he has it all. We’ve missed him.
Billing 7 - Occasionally lackadaisical, but good defensive work and a great range of passing throughout.
Solanke 7 - A great foil for King and Wilson, dare I say a long awaited successor for the Yann role? Just needs a goal.
Wilson 8 - Two great goals, back to his clinical best. Led the line well.
King 8 - Confident display of power, pace and trickery. Much better than recent games.
Subs
Fraser 8 - So much better than the Fraser we’ve seen recently, gamechanging performance. Shame he’s lost his smile a bit.
Lerma 6 - Some good interceptions, didn’t have too big an impact on the game.
Mepham N/A - 90 seconds.
Were you at the game? Steve Cook took a knock to his left knee which required treatment and this was immediately before he had to sprint back with an Everton attacker. He never put enough pace on his passback and Ramsdale made a good interception. I think the pass back was with the leg he had just injured.
Other than that he had a decent game and was on a par with Ake.
For their goal Calvert-Lewin jumped higher because he had hold of Cook's shirt.