On a cold Liverpudlian Monday night, the excitement and tension that only football can conjure up kept those at Goodison Park warm as Richarlison’s Everton beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League.
Demarai Gray’s injury-time rocket was the final piece of kindling thrown onto the bonfire, giving Rafa Benitez’s side a much-needed win as he continued his bid for “Best Signing of the Season” following his £1.7million move from Bayer Leverkusen.
But all night Richarlison had been providing the sparks and, for the sake of a few centimetres, last night we could have been talking about his hat-trick sinking the Gunners, about how the Brazilian is the shining light of a paradoxical Everton side managed by their rival’s second-greatest 21st-century manager.
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