{"id":4455,"date":"2022-01-02T12:02:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T17:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/02\/some-everton-fans-make-rafa-benitez-demand-after-poor-first-half-vs-brighton\/"},"modified":"2022-01-02T12:02:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T17:02:26","slug":"some-everton-fans-make-rafa-benitez-demand-after-poor-first-half-vs-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/02\/some-everton-fans-make-rafa-benitez-demand-after-poor-first-half-vs-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Everton fans make Rafa Benitez demand after poor first half vs Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Everton vs Brighton<\/h2>\n<p>Everton are currently locked in Premier League action with Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees headed into the game on a dismal run of form, which had seen them pick up just one win in their last 11 matches.<\/p>\n<p>However, with Brighton struggling for goals this term and Dominic Calvert-Lewin returning to the starting line-up for the Toffees, hopes of a rare win were no doubt high at Goodison Park.<\/p>\n<p>But, so far, that looks very unlikely to happen.<\/p>\n<h2>Everton fans make Rafa Benitez demand<\/h2>\n<p>Brighton, despite struggling for goals, took a two-goal lead 21 minutes into the match.<\/p>\n<p>This was then followed by Dominic Calvert-Lewin missing a penalty after 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Such a dismal opening to the game has now seemingly tipped many Everton fans over the edge.<\/p>\n<p>A number of the Toffees faithful have now taken to social media to demand Rafa Benitez leave the club, with just some of the reaction shown below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Benitez has to go \u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BigRonnie\u26aa (@biggestronnie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/biggestronnie\/status\/1477646253441880065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rafa Benitez has to go now. No excuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt \u2013 Tactically Everton \uea00 (@TacticallyEv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TacticallyEv\/status\/1477646834612985857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Benitez has to go after today\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ahmadu (@daldino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daldino\/status\/1477648154350735363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m sorry to start the year on a negative, however I\u2019ve had enough of Benitez he has to go, negative tactics every single game. His better days are long gone time for a fresh face with more attacking ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manny F (@sharpconvo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharpconvo\/status\/1477647405470433289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Benitez has to go <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 No Bozos (@SchneiderErnie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SchneiderErnie\/status\/1477648834067144707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BENITEZ Has to go now surely before we get sacked into the championship<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Henderson (@ChrisHe911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisHe911\/status\/1477646605914365953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OK \u2013 that\u2019s it \u2013 Benitez has to go.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EVEBRI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EVEBRI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rafaout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rafaout<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Green (@greenie1878) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greenie1878\/status\/1477648571784704001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/h3>\n<p>Should Everton go on to lose vs Brighton, which seems likely at present, can the Everton board really afford to stick with the Spaniard who would have won just one in 12?<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/manchester-united-vs-wolverhampton-wanderers-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\">Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/manchester-united-vs-wolverhampton-wanderers-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Manchester United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton vs Brighton Everton are currently locked in Premier League action with Brighton. The Toffees headed into the game on a dismal run of form, which had seen them pick up just one win in their last 11 matches. However, with Brighton struggling for goals this term and Dominic Calvert-Lewin returning to the starting line-up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-4455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}