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Saturday February 9, 2008 Finished Goodison Park

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Everton

  • Jagielka 62’

Reading

  1. Toffees edge resilient Royals

    Toffees edge resilient Royals

    Phil Jagielka's second-half header enabled Everton to strengthen their grip on fourth place with a battling 1-0 victory over Reading at Goodison Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • Reading
    • 90+3 Everton hold on for the points and go fourth.
    • 85' What a miss! Johnson has a gilt-edged chance to seal it, but after rounding Hahnemann he rolls the ball into the side netting!
    • 84' Jagielka produces a superb block to deny Reading substitute Jimmy Kebe!
    • 76' What a goal that would have been! Vaughan tees himself up for a spectacular overhead bicycle kick that Hahnemann has to palm away! Wonderful effort from the youngster. Reading make a change, as Shane Long comes on for Kitson.
    • 75 Reading make a change, and Shane Long comes on for Dave Kitson.
    • 70' We've got a game on our hands now! This has really hotted up in the last 10 minutes.
    • 67' Everton hit the woodwork! Osman's cross from the left deceives Hahnemann and bounces off the crossbar! Arteta picks up the pieces and drives in from the right, but his shot is blocked!
    • 62' GOAL! 1-0 Everton! Arteta's corner is headed clear, Osman helps it back in and Jagielka skilfully guides a header past Hahnemann! The Reading players are claiming he was offside, but replays show that Doyle was playing him on.
    • 57' Doyle darts inside from the right before placing a left-footed shot wide of Howard's near post.
    • 55' Arteta's free-kick from wide on the left is headed clear by James Harper. Lescott drills in a well-struck cross from the left, but Hahnemann takes it at the near post.
    • 51' So close! Vaughan gets the better of Sonko wide on the left, and slides a left-footed ball across the face of goal that eludes Cahill and Johnson by inches!
    • 50' Vaughan came on for Manuel Fernandes, so Everton are now playing a more conventional 4-4-2 with Vaughan up front alongside Johnson. Hunt attempts a speculative effort from wide on the Reading left, but it bounces well wide.
    • 48' Neville's right-wing cross is deflected into the air before being cleared to the edge of the box, where Carsley sends in a left-footed half-volley that skids wide of Hahnemann's left-hand post!
    • 46' Reading begin the second half on the front foot, and Dave Kitson lashes a left-footed shot wide from the edge of the box.
    • H-T Everton make a change at half-time with James Vaughan coming on, but it's not immediately clear who he's replaced.
    • 45+2' Arteta curls in a corner from the left, and Cahill nods a header just over the bar with Hahnemann beaten! The referee's whistle brings to a close a first period that was just beginning to simmer...
    • 45+1' Just over! Reading win a free-kick 25 yards from goal, and Oster curls it over the wall and just over the bar!
    • 43' What a chance! Osman cuts the ball back to the unmarked Cahill, but from 12 yards he shins the ball well over the bar!
    • 42' Arteta plays a corner into the box from the right but it's headed clear.
    • 39' A cross from the left reaches Oster at the back post, and his attempted cross is deflected behind for a corner by Lescott. Hunt's corner is headed clear at the near post.
    • 38' Howard slides out to claim a through-ball with Doyle closing in.
    • 36' Matejovsky comes inside from the left and shoots from 30 yards, but he doesn't connect cleanly and the ball scuttles well wide. Arteta sends a cross well over the bar from the right-hand side at the other end.
    • 32' Oops! Yobo accidentally runs the ball out of play for a corner and collides with both the corner flag and the linesman as he tries to redeem his error! Oster clips the ball to the back post from the right, but it's just too high for Doyle.
    • 30' Arteta cuts infield and crosses left-footed from the right, and it's headed clear.
    • 29' Hunt is a fiery little devil! Not content to let Yobo shepherd the ball out of play for an Everton goal kick, he gives the Nigerian a shove in the back for good measure.
    • 28' Johnson does brilliantly to hold off challenges from both Sonko and Cisse before touching the ball to Tim Cahill, but his cross is cleared.
    • 26' Oster takes on Lescott down the Reading right but he runs out of ideas and ends up running the ball out for a goal kick.
    • 25' Reading come forward now, and Phil Jagielka is forced into a clearance on the edge of the box.
    • 24' Arteta bends in a corner from the left and Hahnemann has to punch it clear!
    • 22' John Oster latches onto a flick-on down the right, but he's offside.
    • 21' Oh dear! Carsley catches countryman Hunt with a high challenge on the edge of the Reading area, and the little Irishman reacts with characteristic fury before being comically restrained by captain Graeme Murty!
    • 20' Johnson steals into the box on the left, cuts inside and shoots... but it's straight at Hahnemann!
    • 19' Lescott gets the better of Matejovsky down the left, but his cut-back is intercepted.
    • 18' Hunt slips a ball into the box, but to no-one in particular and it goes behind for a goal kick.
    • 17' Doyle looks to weave into the penalty area but Phil Neville gets in his way and clears.
    • 15' Penalty shout for Everton! The ball appears to strike Kalifa Cisse's arm inside the Reading box, but Mark Halsey - who has a good view of it - plays on!
    • 14' Nice football from the home side. Arteta crosses from the right but Sonko gets there just ahead of Johnson and Shorey completes the clearance.
    • 13' Everton are starting to see more of the ball now. Johnson chases after a through-ball, but Sonko manages to shepherd it back to Hahnemann.
    • 12' Leon Osman nudges the ball to Mikel Arteta on the far side of the pitch, but the Spaniard is quickly crowded out by Shorey and Hunt, and ends up running the ball out of play for a throw-in.
    • 11' Doyle gets back to his feet and play re-starts.
    • 9' Joseph Yobo treads on Kevin Doyle's heel as they challenge for a long ball, and the Reading man goes down. On comes the physio with the trusty magic sponge.
    • 8' Matejovsky attempts a volley from distance but he's challenged as he strikes the ball and it bounces out for a goal kick. David Moyes is on his feet already!
    • 7' Reading with some nice link-up play down the right. They've begun the game brightly.
    • 6' Joleon Lescott looks to thread a ball down the left to Johnson, but Marcus Hahnemann comes off his line to collect it.
    • 5' Andy Johnson looks to hustle Ibrahima Sonko into making a mistake, but the big man from Senegal holds him off before clearing downfield.
    • 4' Another sight of goal for Reading! Shorey clips a cross in from the left and Dave Kitson nods a header over the bar! He had to lean back to get the header in, and it was a difficult chance.
    • 3' Marek Matejovsky goes in on Lee Carsley and concedes a free-kick to Everton. But the delivery is poor and Nicky Shorey hacks the ball away.
    • 2' Stephen Hunt hits it past the wall and forces Tim Howard into a low save to his left!
    • 1' The first half is underway! And Reading win an early free-kick about 30 yards from goal.
    • 14:58 The teams take to the field, Everton in their traditional home strip of blue shirts, white shorts and white socks, and Reading in a change kit of black and grey horizontally-striped shirts, black shorts and black socks. It's a sunny day here in Merseyside, but at the moment three-quarters of the pitch is in shadow.
    • 14:47 Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)
    • 14:46 Reading: Hahnemann; Murty, Sonko, Cisse, Shorey; Oster, Harper, Matejovsky, Hunt; Doyle, Kitson
    • 14:45 Everton: Howard; Neville, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott; Arteta, Carsley, Fernandes, Osman; Cahill; Johnson
    • 14:40 READING TEAM NEWS: Centre-half Andre Bikey has stayed in Ghana for the Africa Cup of Nations Final, despite being sent off for a moment of madness in Cameroon's semi-final victory over the hosts (if you haven't seen it yet, get on YouTube pronto). Ivar Ingimarsson is suspended, and winger Bobby Convey is still out with a knee problem.
    • 14:35 EVERTON TEAM NEWS: David Moyes leaves out top-scorer Yakubu, after the striker reported back late from Africa Cup of Nations duty with Nigeria. Left-back Leighton Baines (calf) and midfielder Steven Pienaar (ankle) are both out.
    • 14:30 Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Premier League clash between Everton and Reading from Goodison Park. A win for the Toffees will enable them to open up a four-point gap over Merseyside rivals Liverpool in the race for fourth place. The Royals go into the game off the back of six straight Premier League defeats, and currently sit just one point clear of the relegation zone. Kick-off is at 15:00 GMT.

  • Team Stats

    Everton Stats Reading
    49% Possession 50%
    11 Shots 16
    4 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 2
    8 Corners 8
    12 Fouls 13
    0 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 18
    156 Accurate passes 182
    38 Bad passes 58

  • 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 4 1 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2 0
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 11 0
      17 Tim Cahill 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 21 6 1
      23 Manuel Fernandes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      26 Lee Carsley 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 15 1 2
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 0 2
      6 Mikel Arteta 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 21 2 2
      16 Phil Jagielka 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 14 6 2
      21 Leon Osman 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 12 7 4
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 13 0 0
      14 James Vaughan 0 3 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 1
      7 Andy van der Meyde 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
      19 Nuno Valente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Reading
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0
      5 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 1
      3 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 13 2
      2 Graeme Murty 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 2 2
      10 Stephen Hunt 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 19 11 3
      28 Marek Matejovsky 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 17 5 3
      15 James Harper 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 18 5 1
      11 John Oster 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 18 2 2
      4 Khalifa Cissé 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 18 2 3
      12 Dave Kitson 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 14 8 1
      9 Kevin Doyle 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 8 6 0
      24 Shane Long 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0
      23 Ulises de la Cruz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Liam Rosenior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Jimmy Kebe 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

  • Summary

    • 85' What a miss! Johnson has a gilt-edged chance to seal it, but after rounding Hahnemann he rolls the ball into the side netting!
    • 84' Jagielka produces a superb block to deny Reading substitute Jimmy Kebe!
    • 76' What a goal that would have been! Vaughan tees himself up for a spectacular overhead bicycle kick that Hahnemann has to palm away! Wonderful effort from the youngster. Reading make a change, as Shane Long comes on for Kitson.
    • 67' Everton hit the woodwork! Osman's cross from the left deceives Hahnemann and bounces off the crossbar! Arteta picks up the pieces and drives in from the right, but his shot is blocked!
    • 62' GOAL! 1-0 Everton! Arteta's corner is headed clear, Osman helps it back in and Jagielka skilfully guides a header past Hahnemann! The Reading players are claiming he was offside, but replays show that Doyle was playing him on.
    • 51' So close! Vaughan gets the better of Sonko wide on the left, and slides a left-footed ball across the face of goal that eludes Cahill and Johnson by inches!
    • 48' Neville's right-wing cross is deflected into the air before being cleared to the edge of the box, where Carsley sends in a left-footed half-volley that skids wide of Hahnemann's left-hand post!
    • 45+1' Just over! Reading win a free-kick 25 yards from goal, and Oster curls it over the wall and just over the bar!
    • 43' What a chance! Osman cuts the ball back to the unmarked Cahill, but from 12 yards he shins the ball well over the bar!
    • 20' Johnson steals into the box on the left, cuts inside and shoots... but it's straight at Hahnemann!
    • 15' Penalty shout for Everton! The ball appears to strike Kalifa Cisse's arm inside the Reading box, but Mark Halsey - who has a good view of it - plays on!
    • 4' Another sight of goal for Reading! Shorey clips a cross in from the left and Dave Kitson nods a header over the bar! He had to lean back to get the header in, and it was a difficult chance.
    • 2' Stephen Hunt hits it past the wall and forces Tim Howard into a low save to his left!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Halsey

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    On the Field

    • Howard
    • Neville
    • Jagielka Goal
    • Yobo
    • Lescott
    • Arteta
    • Carsley
    • Fernandes Substitution Out (46′)
    • Osman
    • Cahill
    • Johnson

    Subs

    • Wessels
    • Hibbert
    • Van der Meyde
    • Valente
    • Vaughan Substitution In (46′)

    Injured

    • Gardner
    • Baines
    • Pienaar

    Suspended

    None

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    Captain: Graeme Murty

    On the Field

    • Hahnemann
    • Murty
    • Cisse
    • Sonko
    • Shorey
    • Oster Substitution Out (81′)
    • Matejovsky
    • Harper
    • Hunt
    • Kitson Substitution Out (75′)
    • Doyle

    Subs

    • de la Cruz
    • Rosenior
    • Kebe Substitution In (81′)
    • Long Substitution In (75′)
    • Federici

    Injured

    • Duberry
    • Gunnarsson
    • Convey
    • Ingimarsson

    Suspended

    None