Dyche will be seething at the 44th minute. Gueye’s moment encapsulates Everton’s main dilemma.

On a week when it was revealed that Everton were struggling to convert huge chances, Idrissa Gueye summed up the situation against Spurs.

Everton won a crucial point in their Premier League survival bid on Saturday with a late Jarrad Branthwaite strike, resulting in a 2-2 draw.
Sean Dyche’s team was very outstanding in both attack and defence, outplaying Spurs in many areas.

Everton had an exceptional anticipated goal tally of 2.62, which outperformed Tottenham’s 0.98 xG. This came from Everton’s 14 shots, but it does not account for the circumstance that a player could have created by passing rather than shooting.

This was the case in the 44th minute, when Idrissa Gueye’s outstanding performance irritated many at Goodison Park.

Idrissa Gueye summarized Everton’s great opportunity squandering.
Everton were provided with a huge opportunity in the 44th minute of their match against Tottenham on Saturday. Gueye was leading the charge at Spurs’ goal in a 3-on-2 position with open attackers on either side of him, perhaps giving Everton a chance.

This, however, was squandered when Gueye dragged a terrible attempt that went at least 10 yards wide of the goal. Such a tremendous opportunity could have made the difference between one and three points.

Everton has a history of failing to capitalize on opportunities, as we highlighted earlier this week that they were the highest xG underperformer in Europe’s top five leagues.

This is an unpleasant habit that resumed on Saturday against Spurs, much to the displeasure of Toffees fans.

Everton’s dismal goal-scoring performance against Tottenham resulted in a loss of two points overall.

According to SofaScore, Everton had four great opportunities in the game against Spurs’ one, and Dyche’s side squandered two of them.

The home side also had twice as many shots inside the box as their opponents, and they should have punished Ange Postecoglou’s side.

It’s a disappointing trend Everton hasn’t been able to break recently, but they’ll need to if they want to go on and avoid relegation once more.