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90+7’ – Attwell blows the final whistle and Everton lose to start the new season, 1-0 to Fulham.

90+6’ – Long freekick in, Keane header saved, but he was offside anyway. That should be that I fear.

90+3’ – Danjuma through on goal and shoots wide with just the goalie to beat! Offside. Don’t know whether to be relieved or not.

90’ – Blues corner, Leno punches, Gueye shoots, deflected and a corner. Deep cross into the box, Tarky diving header and it goes inches wide of the far post! Keane and Danjuma were not close to it.
Six minutes have been added on. Marco Silva is booked protesting about the penalty that he felt should have been given.

88’ – Mitrovic swivels and shoots, comes off Tarky’s arm at point-blank range and no penalty despite Mitrovic’s wild protestations.

85’ – Ohh Iwobi! Deep cross comes to Iwobi and Leno foils him.
Another low cross into the box and Leno grabs it in traffic. Argh.

84’ – Another sub on now, with Lewis Dobbin coming in for Garner. Iwobi has gone back to the right, and the youngster is on the left.

81’ – The Blues are stretched now trying to find the equalizer, and Fulham have spurned a couple of chances to end this as a contest.

73’ – Just like that, Fulham lead. Perreira gets behind Tarkowski and puts the ball across the goal, Pickford wrong-footed and scrambling and the completely unmarked Decrodova-Reid puts Silva’s side ahead. Argh, Fulham’s first shot on goal is a goal.

71’ – Still no real movement on the Everton bench even as the camera shows Dele sitting in casual clothes. Surely Arnaut Danjuma has to come on soon?
Dyche reads my mind, here he is, with Maupay coming off!

70’ – Wilson with a chance after nutmegging Gueye, but his shot is wild.

68’ – ARGH!! BAR!! Iwobi cuts in on the left, curls a shot that Leno can only parry away.. it falls to Patterson and the he can’t corral the rising ball and it goes off the crossbar, oh boy.

66’ – Iwobi still running gingerly after looking to have stretched something in his upper leg a few minutes ago.

65’ – Mitrovic is off, looks like he rolled his ankle, and Vinicius on for him now. Nope nevermind, they have changed their minds.

62’ – Sixth corner of the game for the Blues from the right, fizzes through the box and misses everyone, Gana’s shot blocked for another corner.
Iwobi now, headed out for an Everton throw. Mitrovic is down in the box, having just come on.

60’ – Garner does well to control and then win a corner off former Blue Antonee Robinson. Short this time, cleared, Patterson with a fearsome volley that’s blocked.
Another delightful cross into the box from the left, Garner sets up for a header but Robinson’s touch takes it past him.

57’ – Raul Jimenez cracks the post! Cross into the box and he does really well to volley low and it beats Pickford and comes back off the upright. There’s another shooting chance but put well wide.
That was his last action, and now Marco Silva throws on two of his best players from last season, with Mitrovic and Andreas Perreira coming on.

55’ – Tarky concedes a needed foul at the edge of the defensive third when Tete was looking to break into space. Freekick taken short, and the opportunity to cross is gone.

51’ – Patterson stretches for a cross that was going nowhere and gifts Fulham a corner.
That one is taken short and then put out by Young for another one. Keane hoofs half-clear and a shot from distance is put wide by Fulham.

46’ – Second half underway now. One change at the break with the visitors bringing on Bobby Decordova-Reed for Willian out wide.

Halftime Thoughts – Neal Maupay and Stuart Atwell have combined to keep this one scoreless at the break, it’s 0-0 somehow.

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