Bassong’s late equalizer further frustrates Moyes as Canaries bag a point out of Goodison Park visit.
Everton were left ruing a handful of missed chances as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Hughton’s unit netted home a late equalizer to continue with their splendid recent form.
The 1-1 draw kept the Toffees at the fifth place in the EPL’s pecking order, while stretching the Canaries unbeaten run to seven matches now.
Surely, Hughton will be the happier of the two managers. Although he may have rightly praised the gritty performance of his defence, deep down he must be aware that it was lady luck which helped them squeeze out a point from the fixture.
On the other hand, Moyes will view the result as two dropped points. The Scott now faces the challenging task of reinvigorating his team’s campaign which seems to be going into a downward spiral at the moment. Everton have just collected 8 points from their
last 7 games.
It was the home team which started the proceedings ominously, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Ruddy-c18892 for a brief moment.
However, the Toffees were not made to wait long before opening the scoring in the 11th minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at the left flank,
before the striker smashed the ball in with relative ease from close range.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leighton-Baines-c21987 then came to doubling the hosts’ advantage but saw his low goal bound shot get stopped by the goalkeeper, with Osman pulling the ensuing effort from the rebound off target.
Although the Canaries looked like the underdogs right from the start, they threatened to get level on terms in the 24th minute. Grant Holt evaded a couple of defenders courtesy his brisk pace but failed to trouble http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tim-Howard-c35095 with his final touch.
Bassong then came close in the 40th minute, but blasted his header well off target from an in-swinging corner kick when he should have done better.
Everton continued from where they left off in the second period. Baines made another startling run towards the opposition’s box and cannoned a shot from 20 yards out which was somehow kept out by Ruddy.
In between, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Heitinga-c18862 cleared a Snodgrass effort off the goal line to keep his side’s lead intact, while Howard blocked a powerful thunderbolt from Pilkington from a free-kick.
The fact that the Toffees failed to stretch their lead throughout the game was finally punished by the visitors in the dying moments of the match, as Bassong nodded in the equalizer in the final minute to ensure that his side did not leave Merseyside empty
handed.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and face a touch outing against Arsenal in the midweek.
On the other hand, the point elevated the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429.
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