Everton achieved a crucial victory against Burnley in a direct rivalry in the fight to stay in the Premier League. 1-0 at Goodison Park over the penultimate classified means the first victory for the ‘blues’ after 13 consecutive days without a win and they are allowed to move up to 15th place although they are still four points clear of the relegation positions since Luton, second from bottom, beat Bournemouth (2-1).
It has been almost four months, since December 16, that Everton Sean Dyche did not win the Premier and, as before (0-2), its victim was Burnley Vincent Kompanywho remain in a desperate situation, six points away from safety.
Serious mistake by the goalkeeper Muric in the goal
The game was marked by two plays. Adding the first, a few seconds before the break, the goalkeeper Arijanet Muric He made a serious error in releasing the ball under pressure from Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who intercepted the Kosovar’s pass with his right foot and the ball went straight into the unguarded Burnley goal.
Direct red to O’Shea
Already in the second half, the ‘clarets’ suffered another blow with another mistake this time by Dara O’Shea, who gave him a straight red card. The Irish centre-back lost a bit of control in the middle of the field after receiving the ball from a teammate and had to react quickly with a knee-high tackle when Dwight McNeil to prevent him from taking advantage of his failure and escape.
It was the 67th minute and Burnley had half an hour left to avoid a defeat that would further complicate their goal of avoiding relegation. However, Vincent Kompany’s team tried with a thread from the newcomer Josh Brownhill which came out close to the corner (71′).
Calvert-Lewin, Undoubtedly Everton’s most dangerous player with his tireless fighting as the most advanced man, he also made it 2-0 moments later after some great individual play and his shot narrowly missed the target .
Great move… awaiting possible punishment
In the end, Everton applied themselves in defense and got three important points to keep the category again… at the expense of a new penalty, after deducting six points, which the Premier League can apply for a new violation of Fair Financial Play.
match lineup
1
23
19
37
6
32
18
twenty-one
9
16
7
49
twenty
3
24
2
33
17
16
23
47
3. 4
Goodison Park
Arijanet Muric49
Lorenz Assignontwenty
83′
Charlie Taylor3
83′
Josh Cullen24
33′
Dara O’Shea2
66′
Maxime Esteve33
82′
Lyle Foster17
44′
Sander Berge16
89′
46′
82′
David Datro Fofana23
60′
Wilson Odobert47
83′
Jacob Brun Larsen3. 4
68′
Replacements
Lawrence Vigouroux29
Vitinho22
60′
Hannes Delcroix44
Jack Cork4
Jóhann Gudmundsson7
83′
Josh Brownhill8
68′
82′
Jay Rodriguez9
83′
82′
Benson Manuel10
Zeki Amdouni25
83′
coach
Sean Dyche
Vincent Kompany
Source: La Verdad
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