Everton began slowly and paid the price at Bournemouth, as Ronald Koeman saw his team lose their first league game of the season. The manager has plenty to ponder at the end of a poor week, in which Everton also went out of the EFL Cup, and his team cannot continue to give opponents 45-minute head starts and expect to rescue matches. How Everton respond to successive defeats is the first significant test of Koeman's tenure.
Positives
This was an unacceptable performance after an otherwise encouraging start in the league. A dose of reality should remind players of the continual need for high standards and not allow complacency to set in.