Everton suffered another late defeat in the Premier League at the weekend.
After a last-minute defeat to Liverpool, David Moyes’ side were keen to bounce back with a positive result against West Ham United.
But, Everton were beaten late once again, as Callum Wilson scored a 92nd-minute winner for the hosts, who are battling relegation.
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Moyes was fuming with the officials after the game, as he felt his side should’ve been awarded a penalty.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall echoed the same but also admitted he was frustrated by his team’s poor defending from set-pieces.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall playing for Everton.
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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall disappointed with Everton’s defending at set-pieces
Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Dewsbury-Hall explained that the set-piece tactics they’re working on in training clearly aren’t working.
“Teams aren’t having to do an awful lot to score,” the Everton midfielder stated.
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“The set-piece ones especially, they’re so big in the game these days, it’s giving teams an edge on us going into the games.
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“We’ve worked on it, but we’ve obviously not worked on it enough because teams are looking at us like we’ve got a weak link on set-pieces at the moment.
“It’s something we need to look at next week and work harder on because they’re killing us at the moment.
“Of course it’s been mentioned in the dressing room. Everyone should know that, everyone needs to take accountability and everyone has got a job.”
Despite back-to-back defeats, Dewsbury-Hall is still hopeful Everton can finish in the European spots come May.
“It’s so tight, but it’s just frustrating because we’ve had opportunities in the last couple of weeks to put ourselves in a fantastic position, yet now we’re probably the ones who are chasing. It doesn’t mean it’s done and we’ll never ever think that, and we’ve got four massive games to go.”
The Toffees are back in action on Monday the 4th of May, when they host Premier League title favourites Manchester City at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
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