Carlo Ancelotti’s luck is about to run out. His Everton team have delivered the worst Premier League campaign at Goodison Park since 1993-94, when a final-day miracle was needed against Wimbledon to keep Mike Walker’s side in the top flight, and to a backdrop of silence instead of the scorn that would usually descend from full and furious terraces. There will be no opportunity for escape when 6,500 Evertonians return against Wolves on Wednesday.
Bottom club Sheffield United, relegated with only one previous away win all season, condemned an Everton team supposedly with designs on European football to a ninth home league defeat of the season, the joint worst return in the club’s history. The teenager Daniel Jebbison illuminated the contest with the only goal on his full Premier League debut. His moment of glory, along with United’s victory, was richly deserved. The visitors were hungry, committed and confident on the ball. Everton failed in every department, serving up another atrocious Goodison performance. Only relegated Fulham have collected fewer points at home in 2021 than Ancelotti’s expensively assembled but pedestrian team.
