Everton continue with their remarkable charge as they edge Sunderland 2-1 at Goodison Park on Saturday to maintain their grip on the fourth spot.
The win stretched the Merseyside outfit’s unbeaten run to eight matches. They have only suffered a single defeat in their last 20 league matches now.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marouane-Fellaini-c24295 slotted one in from the edge of
the area to put his side back in the game.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nikica-Jelavic-c27906 then went on to claim the clincher two minutes later.
However, the victory did not come without them getting stretched to the limits by a resolute Black Cats defence, who were able to keep the Toffees attackers at bay for majority of the match.
The game started at an electrifying pace, with both the teams trading blows early on. Everton saw their early appeal for a penalty kick get waved off by the match referee, while the visitors launched a quick counter and the move culminated with Stephane
Sessegnon’s shot getting saved by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tim-Howard-c35095.
Minutes later, Steven Fletcher came close after collecting a wonderful pass from Sessegnon, but pulled his ensuing shot slightly off the mark.
Although the Toffees assumed control of the things quickly, they were hit right at the death of the first period by a Sunderland corner kick.
A poor clearance went as far as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leon-Osman-c22041 to calmly dispatch the ball into the net.
The goal set the game alight as the hosts came out blazing after the restart. With the ball hardly making it into the Toffees half of the field, the Black Cats were forced to go into their shells in order to protect their narrow advantage.
However, a sustained pressure and unfaltering commitment of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 attackers saw them get level in the 77th minute.
Fellaini made the most of the space afforded to him by the defenders right at the edge of the box and punished them by comprehensively beating Mignolet with a thumping strike.
Hardly settled after conceding the goal, the visitors were dealt with a fatal blow, only minutes later, as Jelavic collected an intelligent pass from Fellaini and had no problems finishing in from close range.
The win enabled http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 by 4 points.
On the other hand, the defeat must surely have triggered panic in the Sunderland ranks, who now find themselves fighting for survival in the English top-flight. The Tyneside outfit have only managed 9 points from their 10 matches and are only 3 points clear
of the drop zone.
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