The Toffees came from two goals behind to win a home Premier League game earlier this evening against Watford- a result that saw them get out of the bottom three, with West Ham, who lost 4-1 to Liverpool, replacing them in the drop zone.
Before this 3-2 win over the Hornets, the last time Everton had managed something similar was way back in May 1994 against Wimbledon- a fixture they had to win to stay up. Continue reading
Burnley leapfrog Newcastle United in the league standings, with Jeff Hendrick’s goal seeing them beat the Magpies at Turf Moor.
Hendrick netted in the 74th minute to send the 21,031 strong crowd into raptures.
The win means Burnley are now seventh in the table (level on points with 6th place Liverpool but below them on goal difference). The Clarets had lost 3-0 to Man City last weekend, while Newcastle had beaten bottom of the table Crystal Palace at home Continue reading
Andre Ayew has been hitting a rich vein of form in recent times, and is already the club’s highest goal scorer this season. To the add to the brace he scored against Spurs at the Wembley stadium in midweek, here is him producing a top class finish against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park over the week.
Some good work from Edimilson in midfield, and poor Scott Dann fails to contain Ayew as he runs at the Palace defence, and then smashes one into the top corner of Julian Speroni’s goal Continue reading
Michail Antonio has often been accused of being a one dimensional bull-dozer, and this piece of play for the West Ham winger sees him effectively cost his side two points against bottom of the table Palace.
Antonio has the ball with just seconds left on the clock- just needs to hold up play by the corner flag, but instead passes it perfectly back to Palace so that they launch a counter, and Zaha scores as the Hammers still remain winless away from home in the league. Continue reading