Alex Iwobi put in a nice shift at wing-back for
Everton on Sunday (Twitter/Alex Iwobi)
It's not often you see Iwobi getting praised on
Twitter; he played really well for Everton on
Sunday.
Alex Iwobi has been a headache for Carlo
Ancelotti. Since the Italian veteran took over at the
Goodison, the Nigerian has been inconsistent.
Typical Iwobi, yea?
From midfield to wings, no matter the role, Iwobi
has failed to impress .
On Sunday, November 22, 2020, however, the 23-
year-old got a new role; for the first time in his
career, Iwobi started a Premier League as a wing-
back and impress.
He was decent as Everton got a 3-2 away win at
Fulham , putting in crosses from the right and
progressing with the ball anything he had
possession.
Playing from the wing-back role, gave Iwobi a lot of
space to operate. He also played with a lot of
freedom as he wasn’t saddled with playing a great
final ball.
It was with those spaces, he was taking out time to
put in fine crosses. Dominic Calvert-Lewin got on
one of those crosses to finish past the goalkeeper
although the goal was correctly call-off for offside.
His finest moment of the game came in the lead of
the Everton’s goal of the game in the 29th minute.
He picked up the ball from the right, dribbled past
three players before picking out James Rodriguez
who played in Lucas Digne .
#PL games: 9️
#PL goals: @CalvertLewin14
- still on fire.
That run from @alexiwobi , though...
pic.twitter.com/fnXFztZCWB
— Everton (@Everton)
November 22, 2020
Digne put in a cross which was met by
Calvert-
Lewin for his second goal of the game.
It was a moment that showed Iwobi’s main quality
and weakness. He got past three players with his
quick feet and quickly played a safe pass to
Rodriguez.
While the former is what makes him so good on his
bad day, it’s the latter that has made him an
enigma. It’s also the reason why the wing-back
might be the best position for him, at least for now
—a role where he is not tasked with creating or
goalscoring. Just doing basic stuff; crossing,
running and dribbling.
“He has the qualities to play there because he's
physically strong, he can go up and down and he
has qualities one against one, ” Ancelotti said about
Iwobi in the wing-back role after the game.
“ He has qualities on crosses. He put in a lot of
crosses in the first half. In the first half, he did
really well and I'm happy for his performance .”
It was good for Iwobi on Sunday; it’s rare for
Everton to be in action and see Twitter full of
praises for the Nigerian.
NG Alex Iwobi was boss today wasn’t he,
playing at RWB for most of the game and he was
excellent! Great going forward, massive part to play
in the second goal and didn’t put a foot wrong
defensively. Hopefully see many more of those
performances!!
Outstanding!
@alexiwobi
pic.twitter.com/SHsp83W0LF
Alex Iwobi has been terrible recently for Everton but
putting him at RWB kind of reminds me when
Chelsea decided to put Victor Moses at RWB under
Conte, completely different player he looked today.
(Now I’ve said this, he’s definitely playing shit the
next game)
— Jordan
(@JordanWebber96) November 22, 2020
How long will this continue? No one can tell.
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