Here’s a report on a fine win for Everton. That’s all from me. Bye!
Phil Jagielka’s goal secured Everton’s third consecutive win and dented Arsenal’s hopes of Champions League qualification
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Sun 7 Apr 2019 11.14 EDT
First published on Sun 7 Apr 2019 08.05 EDT
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John Brewin has coverage of the FA Cup semi-final between Watford and Wolves here.
Phil Jagielka speaks! “It feels great. We’re trying to build momentum before the end of the season. We got one goal but could have had a few more. They’re a very good team and have proved that all season but it’s nice to beat one of the so-called bigger boys. I’m not normally a matchwinner but it was good. They’re the best goals, tap-ins from two or three yards out.”
Phil Jagielka’s early goal was enough for Everton, who dominated as they secured their third successive win to move a point behind seventh-placed Leicester. Marco Silva’s team defended well, showed plenty of energy in midfield, passed with crisp urgency and had a threat in attack. Basically they were everything Arsenal weren’t. Arsenal were useless. They had a chance to go third, but they barely created anything and this performance doesn’t bode well for the rest of the season. They’re still fourth, but Chelsea can go three points above them when they host West Ham tomorrow, while Manchester United are only two points behind. Arsenal surely won’t qualify for the Champions League if they continue to struggle away from home. Next Monday’s trip to Watford looks uninviting after this setback. Four away games left for Arsenal: their fans won’t be feeling particularly joyful at that prospect.
Full-time: Everton 1-0 Arsenal
The corner comes to nothing and that’s your lot!
90 min+5: Everton commit to many forward, lose the ball, allow Arsenal to break and concede a corner. But...
90 min+4: Davies shoves Guendouzi midway inside Everton’s half. The Arsenal free-kick is poor, though, and the pressure subsides.
90 min+2: Mustafi gifts possession to Lookman, who wins a corner. There isn’t a hint of an Arsenal equaliser.
90 min+1: Tom Davies replaces Gylfi Sigurdsson. There will be five added minutes.
88 min: Ademola Lookman replaces Bernard.
87 min: Sigurdsson’s corner is headed wide by Zouma, though it took a deflection off an Arsenal defender. Everton continue to press. Sigurdsson’s corner finds Zouma unmarked this time, but he heads wide.
86 min: Nacho Monreal is booked for dissent after complaining too much about the award of an Everton corner. Time is running out for Arsenal. Everton win another corner when Walcott’s shot is deflected wide by Monreal.
84 min: Gomes blasts wide from 30 yards. Arsenal aren’t offering much. The television cameras, meanwhile, picked up Ozil throwing his jacket at Marco Silva from his seat on Arsenal’s bench.
82 min: Mustafi, so very clumsy and dozy, is caught out by Calvert-Lewin’s pace and urgency on the left. Calvert-Lewin reaches a loose ball first and Mustafi can only respond by cynically bringing him down, enraging the Everton bench. Marco Silva and Unai Emery exchange some angry words before Mustafi is booked.
81 min: Walcott’s involved straight away, charging inside from the right and finding Bernard in space on the left. The Brazilian shoots straight at Leno. All those Everton misses...
79 min: Theo Walcott, who’ll be all too familiar with this kind of Arsenal performance, comes on to replace Richarlison.
77 min: Digne, who took a knock to the ankle earlier, is down after feeling the full force of Henrikh Mkhitaryan. It might be time for Leighton Baines.
76 min: Iwobi almost makes an instant impact, skipping inside from the left and poking a pass through to Lacazette, who falls over.
75 min: Alex Iwobi replaces Mesut Ozil, who was irrelevant.
74 min: Gueye finds Sigurdsson on the edge of the Arsenal area. This time his shot hits Sokratis. But the Arsenal’s block only takes the ball to Richarlison, who’s completely free on the right! He only has Leno to beat - but his first touch is poor and his second sees the ball go wide of the near post! What a miss. Everton are in danger of letting Arsenal off the hook here.
72 min: This should have been the second goal for Everton. Richarlison leads another break down the right and this time he picks someone out in the middle, only for Sigurdsson to clip his shot straight at Leno. Either side of the goalkeeper and it was in.
71 min: Mkhitaryan collects possession on the left, cuts inside and arrows one just wide of the far corner from 20 yards. It’s as close as Arsenal have come all afternoon.
69 min: This is end-to-end now. Aubameyang beats Jagielka on the left and crosses towards Lacazette. Just too high. Everton break, Gomes sweeping a pass down the right for Richarlison, who waits for support before finding Sigurdsson. The midfielder’s shot takes a deflection and goes wide for a corner.
67 min: Everton are playing some really good football. They’re finding plenty of space on the counterattack, though they’re struggling to play the telling final pass when they get into promising areas. Their latest attack ends with Richarlison bending a disappointing shot wide.
63 min: Arsenal’s performance has been littered with so many errors, Maitland-Niles the latest guilty of sloppiness. They’ll be leaving empty-handed if they don’t improve. Everton are pressing for a second. Richarlison has two dashes down the right, neither leading to anything. Then Sigurdsson volleys over from 20 yards. Everton want to kill this off.
59 min: Mustafi launches a clever ball from deep over the Everton defence, but Lacazette heads straight at Pickford. Everton’s goalkeeper boots clear and Maitland-Niles drops his team-mates in it with a dreadful header back to Leno. The ball comes to Bernard, but Leno is out quickly to deny the Brazilian. On the floor, Bernard manages to dig the ball back to Sigurdsson. He spins and crosses towards Richarlison, but Arsenal clear.
56 min: A flowing Arsenal counterattack ends with Mkhitaryan sweeping a pass out for an Everton throw.
55 min: Or not. The little Brazilian is on his feet again.
54 min: Sigurdsson’s dipping effort flies high and wide. Meanwhile Bernard is down after an unlucky fall. He might have stretched something.
52 min: The corner comes all the way to Ramsey on the far side of the area. But he has to take a touch before shooting and he’s under pressure as he lets fly with an effort that goes miles wide, much to the amusement of the Everton fans behind the goal.
51 min: Ozil creeps clear down the right, beating Everton’s offside trap, and wins a corner. Arsenal have made a strong start to the second half.
50 min: Gomes, thinking he has too much time in the middle, has his pocket pinched by Ramsey. He responds by bringing the Arsenal midfielder down and picks up a booking for his troubles.
48 min: Arsenal attack down the right. Aubameyang’s cross causes problems. Pickford’s punch away from Lacazette doesn’t go far enough and the ball comes to Ramsey, who can only volley over the vacant net. That’s Arsenal’s best chance so far.