Tottenham Hotspur are visiting Everton this evening aiming to resurrect their faltering season. Jose Mourinho’s side still have the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City to look forward to but their Europa League campaign ended in ignominy in Zagreb and the top four is looking like a tall order. A win tonight against Everton is imperative in order to climb above Liverpool and close the gap to Chelsea and fourth-place West Ham.
Everton have their own European aspirations, and arguably are the more likely of the two clubs to achieve them, sitting only one point behind Spurs in the table with a game in hand to come against Aston Villa. Carlo Ancelotti’s side are without Dominic Calvert-Lewin through injury but have other key players returning from layoffs in time for the crucial run-in. A win here over Tottenham would give the Toffees a major boost ahead of the final weeks of the season.
Follow all the action from the match at Goodison Park below.
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51 min: Lovely movement from Son ends in a good save from Pickford. Son shimmies past Keane on the periphery of the Everton box, it looks like Son is about to side-foot the ball home, but Pickford meets the South Korean and narrows the gap.
Emmet Gates16 April 2021 21:13
48 min: Everton have started the second half as they finished the first: putting pressure on the Spurs defence.
Emmet Gates16 April 2021 21:09
45 min: And we have kick-off for the start of the second half!
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Half time: Everton 1-1 Tottenham.
The game was sleepwalking towards half time until Tottenham’s goal from Kane woke the home side up. They levelled within two minutes, and have really kicked on in the last 15 minutes of the half.
James and Sigurdsson have really put some nice touches together, some intricate combination play across Tottenham’s final third.
Emmet Gates16 April 2021 20:52
45 min: A deep free kick from Rodriguez flies right across the Tottenham box, and is met by Godfrey, but he couldn’t keep his header down. A chance for Everton
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41 min: The home side now in the ascendancy. Richarlison’s header from a corner was a little weak, and comfortably saved by Lloris.
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38 min: Another chance for Everton. Lovely give-and-go between James and Sigurdsson puts the Colombian through on goal, but his shot is straight at Lloris, who saved well.
This game has suddenly kicked into life.
Emmet Gates16 April 2021 20:40
37 min: Long-range shot from James, which is easily saved by Lloris.
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36 min: Kane going for the spectacular, attempting to chip Pickford from around 50 yards out, but the ball skews well wide.
Emmet Gates16 April 2021 20:38
GOAL! Everton 1-1 Tottenham (Sigurdsson, 30 pen)
Sigurdsson makes no mistake from the spot, smashing the ball into the bottom left-hand corner of Lloris’ goal.
Lawrence Ostlere16 April 2021 20:33