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.
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.
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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.
tell.
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