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Everton

  • Yakubu 35’, 54’, 72’
  • Johnson 41’, 90’
  • Arteta 70’

SK Brann

  • Moen 60’
  1. Yakubu guns down Brann

    Yakubu guns down Brann

    A hat-trick from Yakubu inspired Everton to an emphatic 6-1 victory over SK Brann at Goodison Park that secured their passage to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • SK Brann
    • 90+3' And the final whistle goes! Everton have put Brann to the sword in this tie. 8-1 the final aggregate score. And Fiorentina lie in wait in the Round of 16...
    • 90+2' GOAL! 6-1 Everton! And it's a screamer from Johnson! He collects Pienaar's pass 25 yards from goal and sends a superb right-footed effort arcing over Opdal into the top-right corner!
    • 90' There will be three minutes of stoppage time. Can Everton find another?!
    • 89' Anichebe fires in a left-footed shot from the edge of the area that forces Opdal into a save!
    • 87' What a miss! Solli moves onto Winters's pass and clips a cross to the back post from the right, but with the goal at his mercy Moen puts a half-volley against the post!
    • 86' Opdal gets down well to keep out Anichebe's shot from distance.
    • 85' And it's nearly six! Anichebe's cross from the left finds its way to Pienaar, and he places a shot against the base of the left-hand post!
    • 82' After a passage of slick football, Pienaar picks up a pass from the left and fires a right-footed shot inches over the crossbar from 25 yards!
    • 81' It's 'Ole!' time at Goodison Park, and after the performance they've seen, who can blame the home fans?
    • 80' Nuno Valente crosses to the back post and Hanstveit almost makes a complete hash of an attempted chested back-pass before electing to hack the ball clear.
    • 79' Winters has a glimpse of goal on the edge of the box, but he's quickly crowded out.
    • 78' Solli curls a left-wing corner to the back post that is eventually cleared by Anichebe.
    • 76' Brann are still content to throw men forward, which is to their credit.
    • 73' David Moyes makes a substitution, and the hat-trick hero is replaced by his compatriot Victor Anichebe.
    • 72' GOAL! 5-1 Everton! Hat-trick for Yakubu! Pienaar's left-wing cross is deflected into Yakubu's path, and the big Nigerian has the simplest of tasks to complete his hat-trick!
    • 71' Brann replace Demba-Nyren with Scottish striker Robbie Winters.
    • 70' GOAL! 4-1 Everton! Arteta's shot from distance takes a deflection off Karadas that leaves Opdal rooted to the spot, and the ball trundles in off the base of the right-hand post!
    • 69' Great chance for Brann! Fernandes is dispossessed in midfield and Helstad races goalwards before putting a left-footed shot into the side netting under pressure from Jagielka!
    • 67' Brann win another free-kick in Moen territory and Fernandes is booked for dissent. Moen steps up... and fires a shot narrowly over the bar!
    • 65' Another change for Brann: Olafur Orn Bjarnason makes way for Azar Karadas.
    • 63' Brann have got the bit between their teeth now!
    • 61' Brann make a change. Erik Huseklepp comes on for Hassan El Fakiri.
    • 60' GOAL! 3-1! Moen fizzes in a low shot that skids along the turf and flies past Howard! The Everton 'keeper appeared to be distracted by Jagielka's failure to clear the ball, and the ball skipped up off the turf right in front of him.
    • 59' Neville concedes a free-kick 30 yards from goal for a clumsy foul on Bakke. Moen looks like he fancies this...
    • 58' Moen jinks into the Everton box from the left and stands up a cross that Lescott heads away.
    • 54' GOAL! 3-0 Everton! Lovely goal from Yakubu! He races into space on the edge of the box, takes two defenders out of the game by cutting inside onto his left foot and then calmly sweeps the ball past Opdal!
    • 53' Lescott cracks in a shot from distance that goes well wide of the left-hand post.
    • 52' Johnson crosses from the left but it's just in front of Yakubu and Erlend Hanstveit puts it behind for a corner, which is cleared at the near post by Demba-Nyren.
    • 51' Howard punches clear Solli's corner from the left. Brann are getting a lot of men forward at the moment.
    • 50' Helstead directs a header over the bar from about 10 yards out!
    • 49' More nice build-up play from Everton, and Yakubu is given offside.
    • 46' The second half begins, and Johnson hits the post within a minute! He gallops onto a pass from Phil Neville, holds off a challenge from Kristjan Orn Sigurdsson and places the ball past Opdal but against the woodwork!
    • H-T Everton make two changes at half-time, with Manuel Fernandes and Tony Hibbert coming on for Cahill and Carsley.
    • 45+1' The first half ends, and Everton are in the ascendancy thanks to two excellent strikes from Yakubu and Johnson.
    • 45' Arteta's cross from the right is hooked clear. There will be one minute of injury time.
    • 44' Great effort from Moen! The Brann midfielder fires in a thumping free-kick from more than 35 yards that Howard has to touch over the bar!
    • 42' After a scrappy and uncomfortable opening 40 minutes or so, Everton suddenly look thoroughly in command.
    • 41' GOAL! 2-0 Everton! Johnson jinks away from a challenge before rifling a fine shot across Hakon Opdal into the bottom-left corner from the right-hand apex of the area!
    • 37' What a fickle thing is football! One minute Brann are a whisker away from going ahead, and 30 seconds later they fall behind. It was a lovely finish from Yakubu though.
    • 35' GOAL! 1-0 Everton! Cahill produces a delightful flick into the path of Yakubu and the Nigerian expertly curls the ball inside the right-hand post from just inside the area! And 30 seconds earlier Howard had produced a point-blank save to deny Helstad at the far post!
    • 33' Arteta crosses from the right but the ball's just too high for Cahill and Solli heads clear. Former Leeds United man Eirik Bakke is booked for a rash challenge on Pienaar.
    • 32' Here come Brann. Bjorn Dahl crosses from the right and the ball strikes Lescott on the arm! But he couldn't have done anything about it, and play continues.
    • 30' Moen swings a cross to the back post and Howard emerges from a clutch of players to make a superb, athletic take!
    • 29' Joleon Lescott heads Solli's right-wing cross behind for a corner. Moen plays it into the box and Pienaar heads it out for another corner.
    • 27' Arteta swings in a cross from the right, but he only has Yakubu to aim at and the ball is headed clear.
    • 25' They're starting to assert themselves a bit more now, the home side. Arteta surges goalwards before running into trouble.
    • 23' Yakubu turns inside and flights a left-footed cross to the back post from the right-hand side but Johnson is caught on his heels.
    • 22' Great play from Jagielka! He slides in to make an impeccably timed interception and sets an Everton attack in motion.
    • 21' Johnson concedes a free-kick as he looks to latch onto a through-ball, and the groans echo around Goodison Park.
    • 20' Carsley heads Jan Gunnar Solli's corner behind at the near post, and Solli's next effort is headed clear by the same man.
    • 19' Brann win a corner on the left.
    • 18' Demba-Nyren looks to clip a pass through to Thorstein Helstad, but Phil Jagielka comes across to clear. Yakubu races into space at the other end but he's stopped in his tracks by the linesman's flag.
    • 17' Pienaar seizes on a loose ball and looks to thread it through to Johnson, but his pass is just too strong and Brann are able to clear.
    • 16' Brann break through Moen, but his left-footed shot from distance goes well over the bar.
    • 15' Arteta plays the ball into the area but it's headed away at the near post by Demba-Nyren.
    • 14' Pienaar looks to dink the ball into the path of Andy Johnson but the ball is hacked clear. Arteta wins a corner on the Everton right.
    • 13' Everton are starting to see a bit more of the ball now. A spell of possession would settle things down nicely.
    • 11' Sight of goal for Brann! Gylfi Einarsson finds space in the box on the right and fires in a low shot that's straight at Tim Howard. Everton haven't quite settled in this game yet.
    • 8' That was a big decision for referee Nikolay Ivanov, and he bottled it.
    • 6' Big let-off for Everton! Njogu Demba-Nyren canters onto a long ball, Lee Carsley barges into him from behind AND pushes the ball away with his hand but the referee says play on! Brann coach Mons Ivar Mjedle is livid!
    • 5' Mikel Arteta is upset by a late challenge from Petter Vaagan Moen, but the referee is quickly there to calm things down, and Moen escapes without a booking.
    • 3' Nuno Valente ushers the ball out of play near Everton's left-hand corner flag and ends up hurtling into the crowd! But he lands among the home fans, and is quickly back on the pitch.
    • 1' And we're off!
    • 19:55 The teams take to the field, Everton in their home strip of blue shirts, white shorts and white socks, Brann in red shirts, black shorts and red socks.
    • 19:50 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
    • 19:35 TEAM NEWS: The Toffees are boosted by the returns to fitness of Mikel Arteta (groin), Thomas Gravesen (knee) and Steven Pienaar (ankle). Loan signing Anthony Gardner is their only absentee with a muscle problem. Brann are expected to name the same eleven that started the first leg last week.
    • 19:30 Good evening and thanks for joining us for LIVE coverage of this UEFA Cup last-32 second-leg match from Goodison Park. Everton hold a 2-0 advantage after the first leg in Norway, and it would be a major shock if Brann were to emerge victorious from the tie. The game begins at 20:00 GMT.

  • Summary

    • 90+2' GOAL! 6-1 Everton! And it's a screamer from Johnson! He collects Pienaar's pass 25 yards from goal and sends a superb right-footed effort arcing over Opdal into the top-right corner!
    • 89' Anichebe fires in a left-footed shot from the edge of the area that forces Opdal into a save!
    • 87' What a miss! Solli moves onto Winters's pass and clips a cross to the back post from the right, but with the goal at his mercy Moen puts a half-volley against the post!
    • 85' And it's nearly six! Anichebe's cross from the left finds its way to Pienaar, and he places a shot against the base of the left-hand post!
    • 82' After a passage of slick football, Pienaar picks up a pass from the left and fires a right-footed shot inches over the crossbar from 25 yards!
    • 72' GOAL! 5-1 Everton! Hat-trick for Yakubu! Pienaar's left-wing cross is deflected into Yakubu's path, and the big Nigerian has the simplest of tasks to complete his hat-trick!
    • 70' GOAL! 4-1 Everton! Arteta's shot from distance takes a deflection off Karadas that leaves Opdal rooted to the spot, and the ball trundles in off the base of the right-hand post!
    • 69' Great chance for Brann! Fernandes is dispossessed in midfield and Helstad races goalwards before putting a left-footed shot into the side netting under pressure from Jagielka!
    • 60' GOAL! 3-1! Moen fizzes in a low shot that skids along the turf and flies past Howard! The Everton 'keeper appeared to be distracted by Jagielka's failure to clear the ball, and the ball skipped up off the turf right in front of him.
    • 54' GOAL! 3-0 Everton! Lovely goal from Yakubu! He races into space on the edge of the box, takes two defenders out of the game by cutting inside onto his left foot and then calmly sweeps the ball past Opdal!
    • 50' Helstead directs a header over the bar from about 10 yards out!
    • 44' Great effort from Moen! The Brann midfielder fires in a thumping free-kick from more than 35 yards that Howard has to touch over the bar!
    • 41' GOAL! 2-0 Everton! Johnson jinks away from a challenge before rifling a fine shot across Hakon Opdal into the bottom-left corner from the right-hand apex of the area!
    • 35' GOAL! 1-0 Everton! Cahill produces a delightful flick into the path of Yakubu and the Nigerian expertly curls the ball inside the right-hand post from just inside the area! And 30 seconds earlier Howard had produced a point-blank save to deny Helstad at the far post!
    • 6' Big let-off for Everton! Njogu Demba-Nyren canters onto a long ball, Lee Carsley barges into him from behind AND pushes the ball away with his hand but the referee says play on! Brann coach Mons Ivar Mjedle is livid!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Nikolai Ivanov

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    On the Field

    • Howard
    • Neville
    • Jagielka
    • Lescott
    • Valente
    • Pienaar
    • Carsley Substitution Out (46′)
    • Cahill Substitution Out (46′)
    • Arteta Goal
    • Yakubu Goals×3 Substitution Out (73′)
    • Johnson Goals×2

    Subs

    • Wessels
    • Hibbert Substitution In (46′)
    • Osman
    • Fernandes Substitution In (46′) Yellow Card
    • Vaughan
    • Baines
    • Anichebe Substitution In (73′)

    Injured

    • Gardner

    Suspended

    None

  • SK Brann

    Manager: Mons Ivar Mjelde

    On the Field

    • Opdal
    • Dahl
    • Bjarnason Substitution Out (65′)
    • Sigurdsson
    • Hanstveit
    • Solli
    • Bakke Yellow Card
    • El Fakiri Substitution Out (60′)
    • Moen Goal
    • Helstad
    • Demba-Niren Substitution Out (71′)

    Subs

    • Karadas Substitution In (65′)
    • Einarsson
    • Thwaite
    • Winters Substitution In (71′)
    • Guntveit
    • Huseklepp Substitution In (60′)
    • Udjus

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None