Everton crumbled for the second time in four days as their disastrous season continued with a chastening defeat at Southampton. The travelling supporters could absorb been forgiven for thinking it could not earn any worse but this inept (not suitable or capable, unqualified) display,missing resolve or fight, was damning evidence that Everton really are a sorry mess. Their lofty ambitions this season absorb long since evaporated and David Unsworth must be in a minority in thinking they are not in a relegation battle.
Everton, and without a clean sheet since the opening day,were again a defensive shambles and after shipping another four goals here absorb conceded nine in two outings. They were pulled apart, with Steven Davis completing the rout after Dusan Tadic’s opener and a Charlie Austin double. By the end Gylfi Sigurdsson’s spectacular first-half equaliser was a distant memory and the prospect of relegation an ever-increasing reality, and with the club two points above the bottom three.
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Source: guardian.co.uk