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Sunday April 27, 2008 Finished Goodison Park

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Everton

  • Neville 55’
  • Yobo 84’

Aston Villa

  • Agbonlahor 80’
  • Carew 85’
  1. Carew denies Everton

    Carew denies Everton

    John Carew's late equaliser earned Aston Villa a 2-2 draw against Everton at Goodison Park that keeps them in the hunt for a UEFA Cup place. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • Aston Villa
    • 90+4' Everton lay siege to the Villa goal, but the visitors stand firm! 2-2 the final score. Three points still separate the teams, with just two games to play.
    • 90+2' Everton win a corner right on the edge of the Villa box. Arteta drives it straight into the wall. Harewood and Anichebe square up right in front of the dugouts on the far side after a tussle on the touchline.
    • 90' Petrov clears a goalbound header off the line! There will be three minutes of injury time.
    • 87' Young is booked for sliding in on Carsley.
    • 85' GOAL! 2-2! Villa equalise within a minute! Barry clips a cross to the back post and Carew guides a header inside the far post from close range! Incredible stuff here!
    • 84' GOAL! 2-1 Everton! Carsley lifts an inviting cross to the back post that Yobo slams past Carson on the volley!
    • 83' Substitution for the home side. Victor Anichebe comes on for Andy Johnson.
    • 80' GOAL! 1-1! Barry's corner from the right is deftly lifted into the roof of the net from close range by Agbonlahor! Game on!
    • 78' Another positive substitution by the visitors: Marlon Harewood comes on for Wilfred Bouma.
    • 77' A loose backwards pass from Petrov forces Mellberg to slide in to toe the ball away from Johnson and back to Carson.
    • 75' Villa make a change and it's an attacking one: midfielder Patrik Berger (roundly booed for his Liverpool associations) replaces defender Zat Knight.
    • 73' Yobo is forced to hack the ball out of play on the left under pressure from Agbonlahor.
    • 72' Pienaar runs the ball out of play for a throw-in on the far side. No sign of any imminent changes for Villa, although Ashley Young appears to have picked up a slight knock.
    • 69' Barry's free-kick is headed back across goal by Lausen and Yobo heads clear! Johnson whips in a cross from the right at the other end that Carson spills for a corner. The corner is played short to Pienaar on the left and his curling effort from the corner of the box is brilliantly palmed away by Carson!
    • 68' Lescott gives away a free-kick on the Villa right for a completely unnecessary foul on Young.
    • 66' Fernandes's corner just eludes Yobo at the back post. And it's the Portuguese's last contribution, as it is he who makes way for Arteta.
    • 65' Fernandes's effort from distance takes a nick off a defender and goes behind for a corner on the Everton left.
    • 64' Everton look to be about to introduce Spanish midfield schemer Mikel Arteta to the fray.
    • 62' Barry's corner from the left is headed down at the back post by Agbonlahor, Yobo shins it off the line and Howard just about manages to smother it!
    • 61' Young whips in a corner from the Villa left, Carew stoops to head the ball into the air and Howard has to touch it over the bar!
    • 59' Fernandes's free-kick from the Everton left is headed behind by Mellberg. Fernandes takes the resuling corner, and Mellberg again produces a superb defensive header to clear his lines.
    • 57' Yakubu drags a shot well wide from distance.
    • 56' Young's cross from the left is headed down at the back post by Mellberg but it hits Lescott and Everton clear.
    • 55' GOAL! 1-0 Everton! Yakubu gets free down the left and cuts the ball back to Neville - yes, Phil Neville - and his shot from the right takes a big deflection off Laursen and flies past Carson!
    • 53' Neville's pass from the right is dummied by Osman and looks to be heading for Yakubu but Johnson takes a touch in front of the Nigerian and the opportunity goes begging.
    • 51' Carsley's shot from distance hits Petrov on the arm, but nothing's given! Fernandes's cross from the right is then turned behind at the back post by Mellberg. Villa defend the corner and break down the left, with Young slipping the ball to Agbonlahor inside the box, but his low centre is cleared.
    • 49' Lescott slips a pass down the left to Johnson, Knight slides in to put the ball out for a throw-in. Johnson is caught offside on the right.
    • 48' Carew looks bemused after being penalised for a foul on the Villa right. The rain is lashing down at the moment.
    • 46' Villa kick off the second half. Osman puts a miss-hit cross from the right well over Carson's crossbar.
    • 45+2' Petrov concedes a free-kick for catching Osman in the centre circle. And the half-time whistle goes! Everton began strongly here, but the momentum is with Villa at the break.
    • 45' Young's cross is headed clear by Yobo. Agbonlahor is then adjudged to have controlled Mellberg's right-wing cross with his arm. There will be two minutes of injury time.
    • 44' Neville is penalised for handball after sliding in on Carew. Free-kick to Villa on the left-hand corner of the penalty area.
    • 42' Carsley deservedly goes into the book for jumping in on Petrov in midfield.
    • 41' Yakubu drags Knight out of position before curling in a cross from the left that drifts out for a goal kick. The Toffees have failed to capitalise on that explosive start.
    • 39' Yakubu goes into the book after blocking off Mellberg with an elbow. The home fans take exception to Mellberg's reaction, but the referee's decision is correct.
    • 38' Young curls in a corner from the Villa left which Howard punches clear one-handed.
    • 37' Mellberg's cross from the Villa right is imperiously headed clear by Jagielka. Reo-Coker moves into space in the inside-left channel but dwells on the ball, allowing Jagielka to come in with a thundering tackle.
    • 35' Agbonlahor is punished for a foul on Yobo as they contest a high ball. Referee Phil Dowd goes over to the dugout to have a quiet word with typically demonstrative Villa manager Martin O'Neill.
    • 33' Young whips the free-kick into the box, Mellberg gets his head to it at the back post but can't direct his header on target.
    • 32' Neville is penalised for sliding in on Young on the far touchline. No yellow card though.
    • 30' Young steps up, whips the ball over the wall and it hits the crossbar! That was milimetres away from nestling in the top-left corner!
    • 29' Barry, Young and Reo-Coker form the free-kick committee...
    • 28' Jagielka chops down Olof Mellberg right on the edge of the Everton box! Free-kick to Villa.
    • 27' Petrov goes into the book for a foul in midfield.
    • 26' Johnson gets clear down the Everton right and pulls the ball back but it's just behind Pienaar and Yakubu.
    • 24' Carew flicks a header into the Everton box but he's penalised for catching his marker Carsley in the face.
    • 22' We've reached the mid-point of the first period and it's been an entertaining game so far.
    • 21' A woman with a scouse accent keeps saying 'Commence Goodison exercise' over the tannoy. Goodness knows what she's talking about.
    • 20' Barry swings a free-kick into the Everton box from deep on the near touchline and Carew is caught offside.
    • 19' Chance for Everton! Yakubu outmuscles Reo-Coker on the left before cutting inside and shooting powerfully with his right foot, Carson parries it into the path of Fernandes but he puts the rebound wide of the near post from a tight angle!
    • 18' Carew wins a corner off Lescott on the Villa right. Barry curls it in, Phil Jagielka thumps it clear with his head.
    • 17' Carson's long clearance downfield is too high for Carew, who's tightly marshalled by Lee Carsley, and goes out for an Everton goal kick.
    • 16' Yakubu is penalised for a push on Martin Laursen.
    • 14' Tremendous work rate from both teams. Fernandes hustles Wilfred Bouma into conceding a throw-in on the far side.
    • 13' Barry's cross from the left is beautifully helped into Agbonlahor's path by Carew but Joseph Yobo gets his body between man and ball and clears the danger.
    • 12' Phil Neville finds Osman on the edge of the Villa area but Reo-Coker is quickly in to dispossess him.
    • 10' Nigel Reo-Coker tees up Petrov just outside the Everton box but the Bulgarian slips as he's about to shoot, earning the gleeful derision of the home fans.
    • 9' Gareth Barry advances from midfield and thrashes a shot across goal and wide from 25 yards. Scott Carson coolly sidesteps the onrushing Johnson at the other end.
    • 8' Gabriel Agbonlahor heads the corner back across goal from the back post, Lescott volleys it clear.
    • 7' John Carew finds an inch of space on the edge of the Everton area and his shot is deflected behind for a corner on the Villa left.
    • 6' Yakubu seizes onto a loose ball in midfield and finds Steven Pienaar, but his attempted pass to Johnson is cut out by Stiliyan Petrov.
    • 4' Everton have started brightly here in the driving rain. Joleon Lescott crosses from the left, Knight heads clear. Leon Osman drives forward into space and sees his shot deflected wide by Knight for a corner.
    • 3' Yakubu picks up Manuel Fernandes's deflected cross from the right and flashes a shot wide of the near post from a tight angle.
    • 2' Zat Knight does well to get ahead of Andy Johnson and clear a low cross from the Everton right.
    • 1' We're underway! Everton - in blue shirts, white shorts and white socks - will attack from right to left in the first half. Aston Villa are in claret shirts with light blue sleeves, light blue shorts and light blue socks.
    • 15:55 The teams emerge onto the pitch to the familiar sound of the Z Cars theme tune that is played before every Everton home game.
    • 15:45 Good afternoon and thank-you for joining us for LIVE coverage of this clash of the UEFA Cup hopefuls from Goodison Park. Kick-off is at 16:00 BST.

  • Team Stats

    Everton Stats Aston Villa
    50% Possession 49%
    13 Shots 8
    4 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 2
    9 Corners 6
    19 Fouls 10
    1 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 11
    204 Accurate passes 211
    52 Bad passes 52

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 1
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 28 15 3
      23 Manuel Fernandes 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 2
      26 Lee Carsley 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 21 2 2
      21 Leon Osman 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 21 7 2
      18 Philip Neville 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 29 0 3
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 23 6 2
      16 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16 5 2
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 14 12 1
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1
      6 Mikel Arteta 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 1
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Tony Hibbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Stefan Wessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Victor Anichebe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
      5 Martin Laursen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 4 2
      3 Wilfred Bouma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 16 0
      4 Olof Mellberg 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 22 0 2
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 0
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 2 5
      6 Gareth Barry 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 27 7 0
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 37 2 1
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 9 2 1
      10 John Carew 1 3 1 7 0 1 0 16 8 0
      7 Ashley Young 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 13 6 0
      17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Stuart Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Patrik Berger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      18 Wayne Routledge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Petrov clears a goalbound header off the line! There will be three minutes of injury time.
    • 85' GOAL! 2-2! Villa equalise within a minute! Barry clips a cross to the back post and Carew guides a header inside the far post from close range! Incredible stuff here!
    • 84' GOAL! 2-1 Everton! Carsley lifts an inviting cross to the back post that Yobo slams past Carson on the volley!
    • 80' GOAL! 1-1! Barry's corner from the right is deftly lifted into the roof of the net from close range by Agbonlahor! Game on!
    • 69' Barry's free-kick is headed back across goal by Lausen and Yobo heads clear! Johnson whips in a cross from the right at the other end that Carson spills for a corner. The corner is played short to Pienaar on the left and his curling effort from the corner of the box is brilliantly palmed away by Carson!
    • 62' Barry's corner from the left is headed down at the back post by Agbonlahor, Yobo shins it off the line and Howard just about manages to smother it!
    • 61' Young whips in a corner from the Villa left, Carew stoops to head the ball into the air and Howard has to touch it over the bar!
    • 55' GOAL! 1-0 Everton! Yakubu gets free down the left and cuts the ball back to Neville - yes, Phil Neville - and his shot from the right takes a big deflection off Laursen and flies past Carson!
    • 30' Young steps up, whips the ball over the wall and it hits the crossbar! That was milimetres away from nestling in the top-left corner!
    • 19' Chance for Everton! Yakubu outmuscles Reo-Coker on the left before cutting inside and shooting powerfully with his right foot, Carson parries it into the path of Fernandes but he puts the rebound wide of the near post from a tight angle!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Phil Dowd

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    On the Field

    • Howard
    • Neville Goal
    • Yobo Goal
    • Jagielka
    • Lescott
    • Osman
    • Fernandes Substitution Out (66′)
    • Carsley Yellow Card
    • Pienaar
    • Yakubu Yellow Card
    • Johnson Substitution Out (83′)

    Subs

    • Wessels
    • Arteta Substitution In66′
    • Hibbert
    • Baines
    • Anichebe Substitution In83′

    Injured

    • Gardner
    • Cahill
    • Vaughan

    Suspended

    None

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Gareth Barry

    On the Field

    • Carson
    • Mellberg
    • Laursen
    • Knight Substitution Out (75′)
    • Bouma Substitution Out (78′)
    • Reo-Coker
    • Barry
    • Petrov Yellow Card
    • Agbonlahor Goal
    • Young Yellow Card
    • Carew Goal

    Subs

    • Berger Substitution In75′
    • Taylor
    • Harewood Substitution In78′
    • Routledge
    • Salifou

    Injured

    • Davies
    • Gardner

    Suspended

    None