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A number of fans Liverpool got inflamed on social media ahead of the Southampton vs Everton match. They pointed Carlo Ancelotti, Everton manager, lie about James Rodriguez.
This is related to Carlo Ancelotti’s statement in the middle of the week. At that time he said James Rodriguez would miss Soton because of the injury caused by Virgil van Dijk in the Merseyside derby between the two teams last week.
However, James then instead entered Everton’s starting XI to face the Saints. This is what then makes Liverpool fans angry and scare.
According to a number of Liverpool fans, Carlo Ancelotti deliberately already lying about James Rodriguez the injured. The goal was to divert attention from the Jordan Pickford incident with Van Dijk in the Merseyside derby.
In the Everton vs Liverpool duel, Pickford was in the spotlight due to his attack on Virgil van Dijk. The Everton goalkeeper cannot be penalized, while the Liverpool defender will be out for a long time due to a serious injury.
“Wow, Rodriguez’s start for Everton was shocking. Ancelotti almost seemed to want to distract from his goalkeeper who had caused Van Dijk to be injured during the season, so just lied and said the Dutch player had injured his player. Who could have guessed,” wrote a netizen fan. Liverpool.
“James Rodriguez started the game for Everton really confirmed the previous allegations about Ancelotti’s bad comments the other day. Just an excuse to criticize Van Dijk and try to divert attention from the bad actions of his players,” said another.
Reported SportBible, Carlo Ancelotti had said that Jordan Pickford received a lot of blasphemy on social media after his incident with Van Dijk. He called it unacceptable.
“An important player has been injured for a long time and we are disappointed. In football, clashes are common. Sometimes players get injured and that’s a shame.”
“After that there were a lot of things that happened out there, on social media. There was a big spotlight on that, there was blasphemy against certain players. It was unfair. This is unacceptable. In fact, in my opinion, the police must take firm action about this,” he said Carlo Ancelotti at that time.
James Rodriguez himself in the end played the full game for Everton against Southampton. But he was unable to repeat his previous slick performance in order to prevent Everton from losing. Southampton vs Everton ended 2-0 for the hosts, with chighlights of the match can be seen at here.
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