Saturday January 21, 2012 Day 22 Finished Goodison Park

Everton 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers

  • Cahill 24’
  • Goodwillie 72’

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  1. Blackburn hold scrappy Everton

    Blackburn hold scrappy Everton

    Tim Cahill and David Goodwillie traded scrappy goals as Everton and Blackburn drew 1-1 in the Premier League at Goodison Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • - Don't forget you can watch highlights of this match, along with every Premier League game, from 00:01 on Monday morning (UK only).
    • 90+4' There's the final whistle, and it's honours even in a scrappy encounter at Goodison Park! Rovers will be marginally happier with the result, though they'll fume at the nature of Everton's goal.
    • 90+3' Blackburn have a chance of a goal on the break, but N'Zonzi wrecks it with a pig of a through-ball.
    • 90+2' SCRAMBLE!! The ball is cleared off the line as all hell breaks loose from the Everton corner. Somehow, Rovers survive.
    • 90+1' SAVED BY ROBINSON!! Fellaini shoulders the ball goalwards from Fellaini, and Robinson makes a fine diving stop!
    • 90' Four minutes of added time to be played.
    • 89' FORMICA!! He digs out a shot from under his feet from just outside the box, but it floats just wide. It had Tim Howard worried, though!
    • 88' Everton sub: Denis Straqularsi is on for Darron Gibson.
    • 87' Cahill is penalised for a foul on the ubiquitous Pedersen and reacts like he is swatting a fly with his hand. Or the corner flag.
    • 86' Gibson hits the free-kick, which deflects off the top of the wall and out for a corner.
    • 85' Everton win a free-kick 30 yards out as Pedersen brings down Donovan.
    • 84' Formica plays it to the edge of the box for Hoilett, whose left-foot shot is blocked.
    • 83' Drenthe is booked for a comically bad challenge on Jason Lowe.
    • 82' OFF THE BAR! Shane Duffy meets Baines's free-kick with a glancing header that clangs back off the woodwork. Unlucky...
    • 81' Drenthe does what can only really be described as a R 'n' B shimmy, and is tripped by Pedersen. Free-kick Everton 40 yards from goal.
    • 80' Everton sub: Apostolos Vellios is on for Victor Anichebe.
    • 79' Cahill is flagged offside... a promising Everton move comes to an end.
    • 78' A draw doesn't do a great deal for either side, so hopefully we'll see both teams really go for it in the closing stages.
    • 77' Yellow card Junior Hoilett for a foul on Phil Neville.
    • 76' A debut for on-loan Anthony Modeste, who replaces the goalscorer David Goodwillie.
    • 75' Hoilett drives down the left channel and crosses low... nobody there, but the Canadian is getting plenty of joy.
    • 74' The corner is cleared as far as Hoilett, who heads goalwards from all of 30 yards. It would have to be some effort to beat Howard from there... and it isn't.
    • 73' More confusion at the back from Everton as Blackburn win a corner on their left - their tails up.
    • 72' GOAL!!! BLACKBURN ON TERMS!! It's comedy!! Pedersen floated a ball into the box and Howard completely missed his punch. Cahill was back on the line to stop the ball, but whacked his clearance straight into Goodwillie and the rebound trickled over the line!
    • 70' Blackburn look to break with Hoilett, who is chopped by Gibson - yellow card to the Irishman on his debut. Rubbish challenge, about a week and a half late.
    • 69' Anichebe chases a long ball downfield, but has to foul Dann en route to the ball. He protests, but it looked a clear pull back on the defender.
    • 68' Drenthe dribbles down the right channel and plays a superb low cross in front of goal, but there is no blue shirt on hand to apply the final touch!
    • 67' Diagonal ball into the Everton box from Pedersen towards Hoilett and N'Zonzi... it bounces out for an Everton goal-kick.
    • 66' Baines takes the free-kick himself, but hits the ball straight out for a goal kick.
    • 65' Pedersen and Baines clash off the ball. Not the most temperamental pair, you wouldn't think. Anyway, it's an Everton free-kick...
    • 64' The corner is headed clear as far as Petrovic, who heads it back into the mixer and Howard lets it go wide.
    • 63' The free-kick deflects off the wall and goes out for a corner.
    • 62' Neville and Gibson double-team Hoilett as he attempts to dribble into the box. Dangerous free-kick for Blackburn.
    • 61' Petrovic nearly catches Howard out with a low, long shot that somehow scoots through a forest of legs and goes just wide!
    • 60' Here's the change, and surprisingly it's David Dunn who makes way! He has been Rovers' best attacking player by a margin. Formica on.
    • 59' Blackburn are preparing to make a change, and it's Mauro Formica who is about to come on.
    • 57' Drenthe goes in hard and late on Martin Olsson, who stays down injured. Possibly a knock to the ankle there...
    • 56' Goodwillie crosses from the Blackburn right... Heitinga cuts it out.
    • 55' Everton sub: Royston Drenthe comes on for Louis Saha. Always entertaining, the Dutchman.
    • 54' A chance for Cahill as he receives the ball from Donovan with his back to goal, spins, and... belts the ball high into the crowd.
    • 52' More positive work from Dunn, who wins a corner on the Blackburn left as his cross is deflected behind.
    • 51' Rovers dominating possession early on in the second half... but as soon as they try to move the ball forward with purpose they give it away to Fellaini.
    • 49' Goodwillie fouls Anichebe, who does that annoying thing of falling over and grabbing the ball before the whistle has gone.
    • 48' Pedersen swings in a corner from the right... it may actually be goalbound until Howard uses both fists to punch it clear.
    • 47' First ball into the Rovers box, ably gathered by Paul Robinson.
    • 46' Second half under way at Goodison Park! Everton kick off, playing from right to left as we see it. No personnel changes from either manager.
    • 45+2' That's half-time, and Everton are a goal to the good. A very dodgy goal, at that.
    • 45+2' Jason Lowe crosses from the right, Darron Gibson completely misses his kick and there is a moment of blind panic before Everton eventually clear.
    • 45+1' Two minutes of added time to be played...
    • 45' Another high, hanging ball comes into the box from the Everton left... Cahill heads goalwards and Robinson makes a decent save.
    • 44' A high free-kick into the Blackburn box drops to Fellaini, whose low shot is blocked.
    • 43' BAINES! He fires towards the bottom-right corner - Robinson has no chance of getting there but the ball goes a yard wide of the right-hand post.
    • 42' A promising free-kick position, just right of centre 25 yards out. Baines will fancy a crack.
    • 41' Howard sets Donovan away on the break... cynically pulled down by Petrovic. Yellow card, but he won't particularly mind.
    • 40' Dunn brings Anichebe down and there is no foul! Mark Halsey waves play on to the disgust of the crowd. It looked a foul from here - a front-on sliding challenge.
    • 38' It has gone pretty quiet again at Goodison Park...
    • 37' DUNN HITS THE POST!! Goodwillie's shot is deflected into the path of Dunn, who hits an instinctive left-foot shot that comes back off the inside of the post! So unlucky...
    • 36' Blackburn are starting to get back into this - it has been a game of phases, with the teams taking turns to dominate.
    • 35' Anichebe is an absolutely massive specimen - but his immense physicality does rather restrict his agility. #turningcircleofanoiltanker
    • 33' Donovan! Miscues his shot from the right side of the box after Cahill plays him in with a perfectly-weighted pass. Chance for the American.
    • 32' Petrovic is a big unit and he certainly puts himself about - here he brings Cahill down with a late challenge...
    • 31' Hoilett is a very good dribbler, and he carries the ball into Everton territory. His contract is up at the end of the season and there should be plenty of takers for his services.
    • 30' Steve Kean looks on impassively. His side really shouldn't be behind. That was a shocking handball by Fellaini, and very clearly deliberate.
    • 29' Petrovic whacks a left-foot shot into the crowd.
    • 28' Here come Everton with the lively Donovan... the move breaks down but the American has been in encouraging form.
    • 27' Tim Cahill's last goal was on December 20, 2010 against Manchester City.
    • 26' Blackburn protested the award of that goal, and well they might! Fellaini clearly used his arm to direct the ball to Cahill.
    • 25' GOAL!! TIM CAHILL!! It's scrappy - Donovan's ball into the box hits Fellaini's hand and Cahill finishes from close range! It's his first goal in 33 matches.
    • 24' Fellaini jumps for Donovan's delivery, but he is beaten in the air. The ball comes back for Phil Neville, whose volley is deflected wide.
    • 23' Everton win another corner, and now the pressure is starting to build...
    • 22' Saha is back on his feet and should be OK to continue.
    • 21' A stoppage here - Saha goes down after a collision with Petrovic, whose arm accidentally caught the Everton man in the throat. Painful.
    • 20' Baines finds Anichebe, who stands up a cross... Dann clears, but Everton are starting to come into the game.
    • 18' Everton win a corner as Baines runs at Lowe and the Blackburn full-back puts the ball out.
    • 17' Everton have picked up just 11 points from an available 30 at home, and they are struggling again today. The atmosphere at Goodison is not one of unbridled joy.
    • 16' Poor corner from Pedersen on the Blackburn left - cleared by the first man.
    • 15' Everton just cannot keep the ball - a tough home debut in central midfield for Darron Gibson so far.
    • 14' Dunn in the thick of it again! He bashes a volley into the net, but it's chalked off as he has been correctly flagged offside.
    • 13' It has been a great start from Blackburn here. All over Everton.
    • 12' Active start from David Dunn. This time he hits a left-foot shot from 25 yards that Howard gathers.
    • 10' Right - Dann's header was actually going in, and it was cleared off the line by a combination of Leighton Baines and Dann's team-mate David Goodwillie! Didn't hit the post.
    • 9' OFF THE WOODWORK!! The corner is headed goalwards by Dann, and somehow comes back off the frame of the goal. I'll have to see that one again...
    • 8' Pedersen's inswinging corner nearly catches Howard out, and he tips over for another corner.
    • 7' Dunn goes for goal again inside the Everton box, but his effort deflects over the bar for a corner.
    • 6' Good save Howard! Hoilett weaves into the box with a fine dribble then tees up Dunn, whose shot is flicked away by the outstretched foot of Howard!
    • 5' Blackburn have a new assistant manager today - in case you missed it, Eric Black was appointed yesterday.
    • 4' Blackburn throw on the right.. headed on and Tim Howard leaps to claim it. No Yakubu of course for Blackburn - he's suspended.
    • 3' CHANCE FOR ANICHEBE!! Donovan clips a cross from the right, and the big striker mis-kicks with his attempted volley!
    • 2' Donovan fights for the ball inside the Blackburn half and commits the game's first foul. Is it wrong that I'm drawn to the American's curiously receding hairline?
    • 1' Game on! Blackburn kick off, playing from right to left as we see it.
    • 14:57 Out come the teams! Everton in blue and white; Blackburn in their yellow and black change strip.
    • 14:55 Here's a lovely stat courtesy of Infostrada: 'Captain Christopher Samba is rumoured to be on his way out at Ewood Park and is not playing today. Blackburn amass on average 1.29 points per PL match when he plays and 0.88 points per match when he does not.'
    • 14:50 Today's referee is Mark Halsey. The Bolton official is one of only two - along with Lee Mason - not to have shown a red card in the league this season.
    • 14:45 Rovers boss Steve Kean remains as stubbornly optimistic as ever: "I feel as though we are on the up, scoring goals and with people like Paul Robinson coming back into the side and Scott Dann has had a full week of training. All of a sudden there is a competition for places that can only be good. We have scored in every away league game this season so we should be able to go to Everton and get a result. (Everton's) gritty determination to get results means it is always a tough place to go."
    • 14:40 Everton boss David Moyes can't help but lavish praise on loan signing Landon Donovan and the impact he has had: "Robbie Keane and Thierry Henry have come back to the Premier League from America and they need a bit of time to settle because of having a break since the end of the MLS. But Landon has come in and played three or four 90 minute games already on the bounce since he arrived and that says a lot. It's a testament to the professional he is. He was the best player on the pitch at Villa."
    • 14:35 A first win since New Year's Day for Everton would move them up to ninth in the table on goal difference. A third victory in four league games for Rovers could se them move as much as three points clear of the bottom three depending on other results at the foot of the table. Premier League tbale
    • 14:30 Centre-back Scott Dann returns after recovering from a nasty groin injury, but he will not be accompanied by regular partner Chris Samba. The Congolese defender has been left out of the squad after handing in a transfer request earlier in the week. New loan signing Anthony Modeste is on the bench after he received international clearance in time. The 23-year-old striker arrived from Bordeaux late in the week. With top scorer Ayegbeni Yakubu beginning a three-match ban, David Goodwillie starts. Blackburn Rovers team page
    • 14:25 Darron Gibson makes his first appearance at Goodison Park since joining from Manchester United but Everton are without Phil Jagielka, Leon Osman, Jack Rodwell, Seamus Coleman, Ross Barkley and Sylvain Distin due to injury. Tony Hibbert only makes the bench following his injury, and 20-year-old defender Shane Duffy makes only his secod ever Premier League start at centre-back. Everton team page
    • 14:20 Everton: Howard, Neville, Duffy, Heitinga, Baines, Donovan, Gibson, Fellaini, Anichebe, Cahill, Saha. Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Bilyaletdinov, Drenthe, Stracqualursi, Gueye, Vellios /// Blackburn: Robinson, Lowe, Dann, Givet, Olsson, Nzonzi, Hoilett, Petrovic, Dunn, Pedersen, Goodwillie. Subs: Bunn, Modeste, Formica, Rochina, Vukcevic, Hanley, Henley.
    • 14:15 Welcome to Eurosport's live coverage of the Premier League clash between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Goodison Park!

  • Summary

    • 90+2' SCRAMBLE!! The ball is cleared off the line as all hell breaks loose from the Everton corner. Somehow, Rovers survive.
    • 90+1' SAVED BY ROBINSON!! Fellaini shoulders the ball goalwards from Fellaini, and Robinson makes a fine diving stop!
    • 89' FORMICA!! He digs out a shot from under his feet from just outside the box, but it floats just wide. It had Tim Howard worried, though!
    • 82' OFF THE BAR! Shane Duffy meets Baines's free-kick with a glancing header that clangs back off the woodwork. Unlucky...
    • 72' GOAL!!! BLACKBURN ON TERMS!! It's comedy!! Pedersen floated a ball into the box and Howard completely missed his punch. Cahill was back on the line to stop the ball, but whacked his clearance straight into Goodwillie and the rebound trickled over the line!
    • 61' Petrovic nearly catches Howard out with a low, long shot that somehow scoots through a forest of legs and goes just wide!
    • 43' BAINES! He fires towards the bottom-right corner - Robinson has no chance of getting there but the ball goes a yard wide of the right-hand post.
    • 37' DUNN HITS THE POST!! Goodwillie's shot is deflected into the path of Dunn, who hits an instinctive left-foot shot that comes back off the inside of the post! So unlucky...
    • 33' Donovan! Miscues his shot from the right side of the box after Cahill plays him in with a perfectly-weighted pass. Chance for the American.
    • 25' GOAL!! TIM CAHILL!! It's scrappy - Donovan's ball into the box hits Fellaini's hand and Cahill finishes from close range! It's his first goal in 33 matches.
    • 14' Dunn in the thick of it again! He bashes a volley into the net, but it's chalked off as he has been correctly flagged offside.
    • 9' OFF THE WOODWORK!! The corner is headed goalwards by Dann, and somehow comes back off the frame of the goal. I'll have to see that one again...
    • 7' Dunn goes for goal again inside the Everton box, but his effort deflects over the bar for a corner.
    • 6' Good save Howard! Hoilett weaves into the box with a fine dribble then tees up Dunn, whose shot is flicked away by the outstretched foot of Howard!
    • 14:20 Everton: Howard, Neville, Duffy, Heitinga, Baines, Donovan, Gibson, Fellaini, Anichebe, Cahill, Saha. Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Bilyaletdinov, Drenthe, Stracqualursi, Gueye, Vellios /// Blackburn: Robinson, Lowe, Dann, Givet, Olsson, Nzonzi, Hoilett, Petrovic, Dunn, Pedersen, Goodwillie. Subs: Bunn, Modeste, Formica, Rochina, Vukcevic, Hanley, Henley.

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      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
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      6.9 6
      6.6 7
      Midfielders
      Yellow Card Substitution Out87′ 6.5 5
      7 6
      8.8 7
      Goal 6.2 7
      Substitution Out80′ 6.3 6
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      Yellow Card 4.9 6
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      Yellow Card 5.1 7
      Substitution Out60′ 4.2 7
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