Everton fans have aired their delight over Anthony Gordon’s home debut in the Carabao Cup defeat to Leicester City.
Following the game on Wednesday night, the young Englishman posted to Twitter to air his delight over his first minutes for the first team on the Goodison Park turf (as per Anthony Gordon).
With supporters delighted that the 18-year-old finally got more minutes for the first team after a long-anticipated wait (per Liverpool Echo), they let their feelings gush.
Dream come true to make my home debut, the atmosphere was unbelievable. Devasting way to lose but the lads showed great character to come back pic.twitter.com/gnA3iAvDHK
— Anthony Gordon (@anthonygordon59) December 19, 2019
Well in mate, happy for you to come on the pitch. Hopefully the start of many more. We’ll move on from tonight
— The Toffee Blues (@EvertonNewsFeed) December 19, 2019
Congratulations, mate! You played great. Your first home game of many, I’m sure.
— Everton Blue Army (@EvertonBlueArmy) December 19, 2019
Congratulations! You did brilliantly, great tracking back at the end there. Keep on pushing.
— Jamie Yates (@mrjamieyates) December 19, 2019
Will Anthony Gordon make it as a regular first teamer in the near future?No, not quite good enough
Yes, destined for big things
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The 18-year-old attacker has only once previously featured for the Merseyside club, in an away Europa League tie against Apollon Limassol in 2017 as a late substitute for Kevin Mirallas (per Liverpool Echo).
Since then he has found first-team minutes incredibly difficult to come by, but supporters were delighted for the youngster following his first senior foray onto the Goodison Park pitch.
Well done Anthony but personally I think you should have made your debut sooner than tonight
— M.T.C 1878 UTFT ?????? (@blueboy200) December 19, 2019
Congratulations Anthony, great player with a great name – I’ve been dreaming of this day for more than 50 years – well done!
— Tony Gordon (@toepoke9) December 19, 2019
Played boss whilst you were on that pitch tonight. Keep it up fella, can’t wait to see more of you kid
— Callum (@callumtaitt) December 19, 2019
What do we think?
It seems as though Anthony Gordon’s home debut was one of the most hotly anticipated events in the blue half of Merseyside for a long while, aside from the impending arrival of Carlo Ancelotti (per Sky Sports).
While his short period on the pitch against the Foxes is not long enough to get a good measure of the player, hopefully, there will be a lot more to come for Gordon in the future.