Everton booked their place in the fourth round of the EFL Cup after beating Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 on Tuesday evening, and Djibril Sidibe was one player who came away with praise from some supporters for his performance.
Marco Silva started the 27-year-old at right-back in place of Seamus Coleman and was vindicated in his decision, as Sidibe impressed and picked up an assist for his troubles.
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— Everton (@Everton) September 25, 2019
Silva made many changes to the side that lost at home to Sheffield United on Saturday and some supporters are hoping that Sidibe has done enough to keep his place against Manchester City on Saturday – Coleman hasn’t been at his best of late.
Well, we played pretty poorly tbh but he looked very solid at the back and looked good going forward. Deffo should get a chance instead of coleman
— Jonny Southworth (@JSouthworthEFC) September 24, 2019
Did decent for me. Got forward well and got the assist for the first. Did no worse than Coleman defensively
— Amy (@blue_nose_amy) September 24, 2019
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Dear Marco,
Start with Kean and Richarlison up top.
Bring Iwobi back in and give Sidibe another runout.
Try Bernard at 10 and play Sigurdsson deeper.
Rest Schneiderlin and Coleman
Owt else – give me a shout.
Al
PS – don’t make a sub without getting my approval first.
— 🇺🇦 Alan Robinson 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 (@Tweet_Al_Rob) September 23, 2019
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Against Wednesday, the French international played a full 90 minutes, made 76 touches, won two aerial duels, created one chance that led to an assist and made two interceptions.
He had one shot, completed 85.5% of his 55 passes, whipped in two crosses, made one clearance, boasted a 100% accuracy ratio from his long balls, made two tackles and one successful dribble.
The 27-year-old went some way to proving his worth to Silva and may have given the Everton manager a selection headache ahead of their meeting with City.