Gary Lineker thinks Everton found ‘the secret’ as Alan Shearer rages about ‘terrible decision’
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discussed Everton’s Premier League win of the season as the Blues came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1
Gary Lineker reckons his former club Everton have found “the secret” to success after recording their first Premier League victory of the season but Alan Shearer reckons the Blues “got away with it” against Crystal Palace due to a pivotal refereeing decision.
After throwing away two-nil leads to lose 3-2 in consecutive fixtures against Bournemouth and Aston Villa, Sean Dyche’s men followed up a first point of the season at Leicester City a week earlier with a 2-1 comeback win over Oliver Glasner’s side at Goodison Park.
Speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast, Shearer, who is the Premier League’s all-time leading goalscorer, having netted 260 times in the competition, believes Everton were fortunate with a call from match official Andy Madley. He said: “The pressure on them after going one-nil down, and they got away with it. I thought it was a terrible decision, I thought Palace should have had a penalty, a (James) Tarkowski challenge on (Jean-Philippe) Mateta.”
Lineker chimed in: “Reckless, wasn’t it?,” to which Shearer said: “That might have made it two-nil if they’d given the penalty. I thought it was a terrible challenge.
“They got away with it but in the second half, Sean Dyche made a couple of changes and (Jack) Harrison came on and (Dwight) McNeil got a couple of goals.”
Lineker then remarked: “We’ve said it many times but it’s amazing what a difference a goal makes. They come out after 45 minutes under the cosh and then McNeil bends that one in the top corner, a fantastic goal.”
