Blackburn Rovers vs Everton LIVE – De Neve goal, score and commentary stream<\/a><\/p>\nNathan Patterson<\/strong><\/p>\nAgain, we saw the two sides of the Scotland international as pushed forward well and got himself into good positions, but his final touch often let him down and was nowhere to be seen when Dion De Neve was left open at the back post for Blackburn\u2019s early goal.<\/p>\n
Vitalii Mykolenko<\/strong><\/p>\nA similar story to his fellow full-back on the opposite flank, the Ukrainian was often able to push forward but needed to show more assurance in the final third.<\/p>\n
Jake O\u2019Brien<\/strong><\/p>\nWas unable to stop the cross from the lively Todd Cantwell that created Rovers\u2019 opener but looked a significant threat when he switched to right-back for the final half an hour, pushing forward with purpose and firing a shot into the side-netting.<\/p>\n
Jarrad Branthwaite<\/strong><\/p>\nLike the rest of his defence, he was caught napping somewhat for what was a soft goal but other than that shared blame, he looked his usual imperious self.<\/p>\n
Idrissa Gueye<\/strong><\/p>\nFresh from extending his second spell at Everton into a fourth season, the veteran midfielder \u2013 handed the captain\u2019s armband \u2013 was straight back into the thick of things with slide tackles, winding up the opposition, and unfortunately, an inviting shot that flew wide.<\/p>\n
James Garner<\/strong><\/p>\nIndustrious again in the engine room, but you\u2019d like to see him playing a bit more expansively given what we know he possesses in his locker.<\/p>\n
Dwight McNeil<\/strong><\/p>\nAnother mercurial outing as an inverted right winger, there were a few silky touches, but nothing quite came off, especially set-pieces which were not up to his usual high standards.<\/p>\n
Charly Alcaraz<\/strong><\/p>\nOperating in the number 10 role, this wasn\u2019t the Argentinian\u2019s day as despite a few flickers among some tidy moves, including having one shot blocked, his touch was uncharacteristically loose at times.<\/p>\n
Iliman Ndiaye<\/strong><\/p>\nMaking his first appearance back, like fellow Senegal international Gueye, he shook off the rust with some fancy footwork early on by the touchline, but like so many of his colleagues, he\u2019s still some way off full sharpness and a low second half shot was too close to Balazs Toth in the Rovers goal.<\/p>\n
Beto<\/strong><\/p>\nPut himself about against Blackburn\u2019s defenders but found clearcut opportunities in short supply with his best opening coming when Gueye threaded a through-ball to him that was tantalisingly out of reach.<\/p>\n
Substitutes<\/p>\n
Michael Keane (on 59 for Patterson)<\/strong><\/p>\nSolid half hour.<\/p>\n
Harrison Armstrong (on 59 for Gueye)<\/strong><\/p>\nA few probing passes from deep but conceded a dangerous free-kick just outside his area.<\/p>\n
Isaac Heath (on 59 for Ndiaye)<\/strong><\/p>\nAnother run-out down the left but couldn\u2019t work an opening this time.<\/p>\n
Youssef Chermiti (on 70 for Beto)<\/strong><\/p>\nNo way through.<\/p>\n
Justin Clarke (on 70 for Alcaraz)<\/strong><\/p>\nAnother cameo on the right, highlighting Everton\u2019s lack of options there.<\/p>\n
Jenson Metcalfe (on 79 for McNeil)<\/strong><\/p>\nLate opportunity for first team minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everton player ratings after the pre-season friendly with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":76059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[52770,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-76058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-everton-fc","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114881389193702551","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Beto battles for the ball at Blackburn (Photo by Ben Roberts – Danehouse \/Getty Images)<\/p>\n