{"id":1120573,"date":"2019-12-15T16:33:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T16:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1120573"},"modified":"2019-12-15T16:45:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T16:45:37","slug":"everton-kean-substitution-man-utd-ferguson-explained","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/everton-kean-substitution-man-utd-ferguson-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Nothing personal&#8221; \u2013 Everton boss Ferguson plays down Kean&#8217;s substitution vs Man Utd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Everton caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson has insisted his decision to substitute Moise Kean in the closing stages of his side&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Manchester United was &#8220;nothing personal&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Toffees took a surprise first-half lead at Old Trafford thanks to Victor Lindelof&#8217;s calamitous own goal and appeared to be good value for all three points as the clock ticked down.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why was Kean substituted against United? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kean was introduced in the 70th minute against United on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>Everton were in the lead at the time but conceded an equaliser to Mason Greenwood.<\/li>\n<li>Ferguson then made the shock decision to replace Kean with Oumar Niasse in the 89th minute.<\/li>\n<li>Kean went straight down the tunnel without acknowledging Ferguson.<\/li>\n<li>The Italy international has started just two Premier League games for Everton so far.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7450070\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ferguson introduced Kean from the bench on 70 minutes with Everton still in the lead but Mason Greenwood slotted home seven minutes later to fire the hosts back into the game.<\/p>\n<p>And, with Everton looking increasingly fragile from thereon in, Ferguson opted to withdraw Kean on 89 minutes, replacing him with forgotten <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">forward\u00a0<\/span>Oumar Niasse.<\/p>\n<p>Kean cut a dejected figure as he made his way off the pitch and headed straight down the touchline without acknowledging Ferguson, which meant he missed his teammates close out the game and claim a valuable point.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking after the match, Ferguson insisted the substitution wasn&#8217;t down to Kean&#8217;s performance, rather that he simply needed to waste some time by stopping to game to make a change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1120564\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-match-analysis-greenwood-ferguson-var\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1120564\" class=\"wp-image-1120564 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15155747\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-featured-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15155747\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15155747\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-featured-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15155747\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15155747\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-featured-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15155747\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-featured-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15155747\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-featured-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15155747\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-featured.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1120564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/manchester-united-1-1-everton-match-analysis-greenwood-ferguson-var\">Five things learned as Greenwood goal denies Everton victory at Man Utd<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t because of Moise Kean\u2019s performance it was just because I needed to make a substitution to kill a bit of time,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/man-utd-vs-everton\/408147\">Sky Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have got so many strikers on the bench I just needed to make that change. It was nothing against Moise Kean, really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1120593 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15164119\/kean-ferguson-quote-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15164119\/kean-ferguson-quote-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15164119\/kean-ferguson-quote-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15164119\/kean-ferguson-quote-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15164119\/kean-ferguson-quote-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15164119\/kean-ferguson-quote-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15164119\/kean-ferguson-quote-66x65.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15164119\/kean-ferguson-quote-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/15164119\/kean-ferguson-quote.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kean&#8217;s time on Merseyside has been frustrating so far, with the Italy international yet to open his Everton account and being restricted to just two Premier League starts &#8212; the striker is already being <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/642195\/bologna-everton-moise-kean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">linked<\/a> with a January return to his homeland.<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees have now taken four points from Chelsea and Man Utd during Ferguson&#8217;s first two games in charge as interim manager face Leicester City in the League Cup quarter-final next.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to use smarterscout: the new football analytics tool<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcp.crwdcntrl.net\/5\/c=14655\/b=73952744?https:\/\/smarterscout.com?promotionallink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign-up here to use smarterscout lite for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"04a90636-941d-4962-a726-69137969552e\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson has insisted his decision to substitute Moise Kean in the closing stages of his side&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Manchester United was &#8220;nothing personal&#8221;. 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