FOOTBALL Live

Sunday September 14, 2008 Finished Britannia Stadium

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Stoke City

  • Olofinjana 54’
  • Jagielka 63’ (o.g.)

Everton

  • Yakubu 41’
  • Anichebe 51’
  • Cahill 77’
  1. Everton tame lively Stoke

    Everton tame lively Stoke

    Everton survived a stirring comeback from Stoke City to win a rip-roaring Premier League encounter 3-2 at the Britannia Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Stoke City
    • Everton
    • 90+5' There's the final whistle!! What a rip-roaring second half! Everton take the points but Stoke have cause for optimism.
    • 90+3' Throw for Stoke! Delap again... it reaches Higginbotham who volleys left-footed and Howard tips behind for a corner.
    • 90+2' Stoke threaten again but the ball is sliced into the side netting! Time running out.
    • 90' Five minutes of stoppage time will be played!
    • 88' Stoke have a throw 'in range' and Delap flings it into the box again... Tim Howard makes a clean catch at last.
    • 86' Final change for Stoke - Richard Cresswell comes on for Liam Lawrence.
    • 84' The ball drops in the Everton box for Fuller, who snatches at it and blasts over.
    • 82' Now Arteta is in the book and Stoke lump the resultant free-kick into the box.
    • 81' Three changes: Stoke - Sidibe and Tonge on for Faye and Kitson; Everton - Rodwell for Cahill.
    • 80' Everton are preparing to bring Jack Rodwell on as Arteta takes another corner. Cahill goes for another but slices a left-foot volley way over.
    • 77' GOAL!!!! Tim Cahill heads Everton back in front!!! He races from the back post to the near post and redirects Arteta's corner from close range!
    • 76' David Moyes has been 'sent off' to the stands but has gone and sat just behind the dugout, and continues to bark instructions at his players.
    • 75' Everton are furious with that decision. They think referee Wiley has bottled it and they may well be right. Leon Cort clearly handled it inside the box. There may have been a push by Yakubu, but if there was why not give the free-kick to Everton?
    • 73' Could this be a penalty? There is Stoke handball right on the edge of the box and referee Wiley discusses it with his linesman.... he's bottled it! It's a free-kick to Everton, but the replay shows the handball was clearly inside the box!
    • 71' A tremendous last 20 minutes in prospect, and there is no knowing which way this game will go.
    • 68' Faye brings down Anichebe and that is a second yellow card in quick succession.
    • 67' Corner Stoke... cleared by a shell-shocked Everton defence.
    • 66' This direct approach is really payng dividends for Stoke, and Lawrence tests Howard with another swirling ball into the box. This time the Everton keeper punches clear.
    • 64' Ricardo Fuller goes in late on Jagielka and that is the first booking of the game.
    • 63' GOAL!!!! THIS TIME STOKE ARE LEVEL!!! It is yet another Delap throw in. Phil Jagielka leaps and glances the ball over Howard and into his own net!
    • 61' Arteta swings a free-kick to the back post, Yobo heads it across goal and there is an almighty scramble... but Sorensen has been fouled. Free-kick Stoke.
    • 60' FULLER SCORES A BRILLIANT GOAL FOR STOKE, BUT IT IS RULED OUT!!! The Stoke man takes the ball past Yobo, rounds Howard and slots into the empty net - but he is adjudged to have fouled Yobo.
    • 58' More trouble at the back for Everton, and once again it is a Rory Delap long throw that causes the panic. They just about scramble the ball away.
    • 54' GOAL!!! BOOF!! Stoke back in the game!! Howard palms away a Delap long throw and it falls for Seyo Olofinjana, who nearly breaks the net with an emphatic volley!
    • 53' Stoke free-kick just outside the box... teed up for Higginbotham, whose effort is charged down by Arteta.
    • 51' GOAL!!! Two for Everton!! Arteta curles the free-kick onto the top of Anichebe's head, and he guides the ball inside the far corner with a back header - in fact he hardly changed the ball's direction.
    • 49' Everton win a corner on their right, half-cleared by Sorensen, but then Fuller trips Arteta.
    • 46' Second half under way. Everton kick off, no changes from either side.
    • 46' Half-time. Well, it hasn't been a classic but that Yakubu goal means Stoke will be forced to do a bit more after the break.
    • 45+1' Everton come clear on the break and nearly make it two, but Cahill's shot is blocked and then Sorensen tips Anichebe's looping header over.
    • 45' Stoke corner on the left, Lawrence takes it short.. it comes to nothing.
    • 43' Stoke will have to come out of their shell now, and Liam Lawrence is eyeing up a free-kick 35 yards out... floated towards Leon Cort who heads over.
    • 41' GOAL!!! Everton lead through Yakubu!!! Great goal! Fellaini plays a neat reverse ball to Cahill who finds Yakubu. He then turns inside his man and shoots low into the bottom-left corner left-footed!
    • 38' Sorensen comes out to claim that Arteta outswinger, drops it and catches the ball and its way back up.
    • 37' Higginbotham heads a Lescott cross behind for a corner.
    • 35' Fellaini fouls and gets a telling off from referee Wiley. He's not afraid to stick the boot in...
    • 32' Stoke are playing like the away side, dropping deep and soaking up pressure. It might not make for an exciting game but their gameplan seems to be working.
    • 30' Everton have had 60 percent possession, but they have not turned that into chances. We have seen just one shot on target - that Fuller effort.
    • 27' It has been a quiet few minutes. We have seen nothing so far from Yakubu, who was tipped to do well here.
    • 24' Andy Griffin has soldiered on and looks like he will be OK to go on.
    • 21' Delap causes a brief panic with his long throw from the right. Howard fumbles it but clings on at the second attempt.
    • 19' More patient build-up from Everton... but the ball is then knocked out for a Stoke goal-kick. Decent organisation from the home team.
    • 17' Kitson is in space on the right side of the box and drills a low cross towards Fuller, but Yobo cuts it out.
    • 14' Arteta swings a free-kick towards Joleon Lescott, but the defender is adjudged to have fouled.
    • 12' Fuller latches on to a through ball, gets half a yard ahead of Yobo and shoots. Howard makes a relatively comfortable save.
    • 10' Yobo races across to dispossess Ricardo Fuller, who stays down injured. Play continues before Everton eventually put the ball out.
    • 9' Griffin has picked up a knock, and the Stoke defender will have to come off.
    • 8' Lawrence curls a free-kick towards the back post, but it is over Fuller and over everybody.
    • 5' A good spell of possession for Everton, who win a free-kick 40 yards out. Arteta curls a ball into the box and Sorensen takes it.
    • 3' Liam Lawrence takes the kick and fires it into the wall. There is a muted penalty appeal but referee Alan Wiley says no. Rory Delap then takes a long throw that lands on top of the Everton net.
    • 2' Stoke win a free-kick just outside the Everton box. A real chance this - although not perhaps with Danny Higginbotham standing over.
    • 1' Game on! Stoke kick off, playing from left to right in their red and white kits. Everton are in all blue.
    • - Great news for Everton. Not only does Marouane Fellaini start, Tim Cahill is back as well. That means no place in the squad for Leon Osman.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Stoke v Everton from the Britannia Stadium!

  • Team Stats

    Stoke City Stats Everton
    42% Possession 57%
    15 Shots 14
    3 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 2
    6 Corners 8
    18 Fouls 11
    2 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    15 Tackles 23
    158 Accurate passes 243
    34 Bad passes 38

  • 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
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 0
      5 Leon Cort 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 16 1 1
      3 Danny Higginbotham 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 5 0
      2 Andy Griffin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 1 2
      33 Ibrahima Sonko 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 2
      4 Seyi Olofinjana 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 20 1 1
      24 Rory Delap 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 6 2
      7 Liam Lawrence 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 16 1 1
      10 Ricardo Fuller 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 13 4 1
      12 Dave Kitson 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 14 6 4
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Andy Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Ryan Shawcross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Michael Tonge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      11 Mamady Sidibe 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 19 1 2
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 26 7 0
      6 Phil Jagielka 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 16 3 5
      25 Marouane Fellaini 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 29 8 3
      8 Segundo Castillo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 44 2 5
      10 Mikel Arteta 0 2 0 3 3 1 2 22 6 5
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 1
      17 Tim Cahill 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 19 3 1
      28 Victor Anichebe 1 4 2 0 3 0 0 18 2 1
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 12 4 0
      14 James Vaughan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      37 Jose Baxter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 John Kissock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Carlo Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Jack Rodwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Nuno Valente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 77' GOAL!!!! Tim Cahill heads Everton back in front!!! He races from the back post to the near post and redirects Arteta's corner from close range!
    • 76' David Moyes has been 'sent off' to the stands but has gone and sat just behind the dugout, and continues to bark instructions at his players.
    • 75' Everton are furious with that decision. They think referee Wiley has bottled it and they may well be right. Leon Cort clearly handled it inside the box. There may have been a push by Yakubu, but if there was why not give the free-kick to Everton?
    • 73' Could this be a penalty? There is Stoke handball right on the edge of the box and referee Wiley discusses it with his linesman.... he's bottled it! It's a free-kick to Everton, but the replay shows the handball was clearly inside the box!
    • 63' GOAL!!!! THIS TIME STOKE ARE LEVEL!!! It is yet another Delap throw in. Phil Jagielka leaps and glances the ball over Howard and into his own net!
    • 60' FULLER SCORES A BRILLIANT GOAL FOR STOKE, BUT IT IS RULED OUT!!! The Stoke man takes the ball past Yobo, rounds Howard and slots into the empty net - but he is adjudged to have fouled Yobo.
    • 54' GOAL!!! BOOF!! Stoke back in the game!! Howard palms away a Delap long throw and it falls for Seyo Olofinjana, who nearly breaks the net with an emphatic volley!
    • 51' GOAL!!! Two for Everton!! Arteta curles the free-kick onto the top of Anichebe's head, and he guides the ball inside the far corner with a back header - in fact he hardly changed the ball's direction.
    • 45+1' Everton come clear on the break and nearly make it two, but Cahill's shot is blocked and then Sorensen tips Anichebe's looping header over.
    • 43' Stoke will have to come out of their shell now, and Liam Lawrence is eyeing up a free-kick 35 yards out... floated towards Leon Cort who heads over.
    • 41' GOAL!!! Everton lead through Yakubu!!! Great goal! Fellaini plays a neat reverse ball to Cahill who finds Yakubu. He then turns inside his man and shoots low into the bottom-left corner left-footed!
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Stoke v Everton from the Britannia Stadium!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Wiley

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Andy Griffin

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen
    • A. Griffin
    • L. Cort
    • D. Higginbotham
    • C. Dickinson
    • S. Olofinjana Goal
    • R. Delap
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • L. Lawrence Substitution Out (86′)
    • D. Kitson Substitution Out (81′)
    • R. Fuller Yellow Card

    Subs

    • S. Simonsen
    • R. Cresswell Substitution In86′
    • M. Tonge Substitution In81′
    • M. Sidibe Substitution In81′
    • G. Whelan
    • A. Wilkinson
    • R. Shawcross

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • A. Faye Yellow Card Substitution Out81′

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    Starting line-up

    • T. Howard
    • P. Neville
    • J. Yobo
    • P. Jagielka Own Goal
    • J. Lescott
    • M. Arteta
    • T. Cahill Goal Substitution Out (81′)
    • M. Fellaini
    • S. Castillo
    • V. Anichebe Goal Substitution Out (90′)
    • A. Yakubu Goal

    Subs

    • N. Valente
    • J. Vaughan Substitution In90′
    • L. Baines
    • J. Rodwell Substitution In81′
    • J. Kissock
    • J. Baxter

    Injured

    • L. Saha
    • T. Hibbert
    • L. Jacobsen
    • S. Pienaar

    Suspended

    None