Everton: Fans slam Mason Holgate after first-half disaster
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A number of Everton fans have taken to Twitter to hit out at Mason Holgate for his first-half display against Aston Villa.
Carlo Ancelotti named the same side that beat Arsenal last time out – excluding James Rodriguez who was withdrawn in the warmup – with Holgate making his 23rd Premier League start of the campaign.
The 24-year-old, valued at £16.2m by Transfermarkt, has made over 100 appearances for the Toffees but made an early mistake at Goodison Park.
He lost the ball in a terrible area to Villa striker Ollie Watkins, with the latter punishing the Everton man to put the visitors in the lead.
Holgate has been the club’s eighth-best performer this season in the league prior to kick-off, as per WhoScored, recording an average Premier League match rating of 6.82/10, but his dawdling on the ball was cruelly punished by Watkins.
Everton fans react
This is what these Everton supporters had to say about Holgate’s first-half performance against Dean Smith’s side, with one describing the versatile defedner as ‘dreadful’ and another wanting him ‘gone in the summer’.
“Get Holgate off right now, absolute liability“
“Get Holgate gone in the summer“
“Holgate is absolutely dreadful“
“Holgate again a complete liability. Too casual and not good enough“
“Get in the bin Holgate. So hard to watch this side lately“
“Holgate is just nowhere near good enough for us.“
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