CARLO ANCELOTTI can put his side back on the amber list for Europe.
And given their away form they may even be safe to travel should they back up Richarlison’s brilliant winner with three points at the Etihad on Sunday.
The Brazilian’s header two minutes into the second half meant they avoided the unwanted stat of recording the Toffees’ worst home record in the club’s 143-year history.
They had won only five and lost nine of their previous 18 Prem games this season.
Yet away from Merseyside they would lie fourth in the table with eleven wins and just three defeats.
Passports may, then, be required if they beat Man City in the last game of the season.
But the Goodison boss will hardly feel it is time to get his sombrero out.
For Richarlison’s strike gave him only a brief moment in the sun.
And Gareth Southgate may just have been as bored as the 6,500 fans allowed back in.
At least the England boss was able to witness Jordan Pickford prove that while he has ups and downs like his team-mates, he still has star quality.
The goalkeeper made a very decent fist of stopping an early long – range volley from Morgan Gibbs-White.
He did even better to rise and parry from Adam Traore’s fearsome 32nd minute attempt.
Pickford may be under pressure from Burnley’s Nick Pope but he looked like a Three Lions No 1 with a composed display – which is not something he has alays been noted for this season.
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Yet Southgate was not the only witness of a game that hardly inspired, Wolves mainly going through the motions at the end of their underwhelming campaign.
For the tiny Toffees support finally saw for itself how awful their team can perform at home.
Listless, at times plain lazy, and with Colombian playmaker James Rodriguez again suffering from another minor injury, Everton got away with it until Richarlison hit the net.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
