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title: "Everton: Sam Carroll lauds Abdoulaye Doucoure’s display v Man City"
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author: "Adam Clancy"
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published: "2022-02-27T17:14:46Z"
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# Everton: Sam Carroll lauds Abdoulaye Doucoure’s display v Man City

**Sam Carroll has praised the performance of Abdoualye Doucoure despite Everton losing 1-0 at home to Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday.**

### The Lowdown: Unlucky to lose

The Toffees were certainly unlucky to lose the game against the reigning champions, who scored with just a few minutes to go after Phil Foden tapped home, which was followed by a [controversial](https://twitter.com/Chris78Williams/status/1497666131561172997) decision from VAR not to award the home side a penalty after a handball in the box by Rodri.

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Nonetheless, Frank Lampard’s team gave a good account of themselves against quality opposition, and there were many standout performers for his side on the night.

### The Latest: Doucoure lauded

Taking to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/SamCarroll0/status/1497656861151145991), The Liverpool Echo journalist Carroll was lauding the performance of Doucoure in particular, along with a few of his Everton team-mates.

The reporter gushed: *“Doucoure has superhuman energy levels. Him and Richarlison superb.”*

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### The Verdict: What a return

After just coming back from injury, Doucoure really put in a shift against City.

The central midfielder won four of his duels and also completed one successful dribble, two clearances, two tackles and one key pass, maintaining an 83% pass accuracy and having 54 touches of the ball in total, the second-most out of any of his team-mates ([SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/everton-manchester-city/rY)).

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He is certainly likely to be a key player for Lampard from now until the end of the season if the Toffees are to avoid relegation.

***In other news,*** [***these were the Toffees’ three worst performers v City***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-news/keane-kenny-holgate-man-city-premier-league/)