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Everton vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Iliman Ndiaye magic inspires Toffees

David Moyes inspired victory at Goodison Park against Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs

Luke Baker
Monday 20 January 2025 02:51 EST
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Everton's blistering first-half display secured a 3-2 win over a woeful Tottenham Hotspur side as David Moyes earned his first victory since returning for a second spell as manager at Goodison Park on Sunday, piling more misery on the visitors.

Needing to get back to winning ways after picking up one in their previous 12 league matches, Everton took the game to their troubled opponents, racing into a two-goal lead inside 30 minutes through Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Iliman Ndiaye.

Calvert-Lewin's fine finish was the first time his team had scored in a league game since Boxing Day, ending his own 16-match barren run stretching back to September.

Things went from bad to worse for Spurs in first-half stoppage time as young Archie Gray put through his own net to ensure Everton scored as many goals within one half of football as in their previous seven games in all competitions.

Goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison caused the home fans some concern late on but the hosts survived to record a win that moved 16th-placed Everton four points clear of the bottom three and within four of sorry Spurs who are one place higher.

"I'm delighted with how we went today, we needed a win for the lads and the club," Calvert-Lewin told Sky Sports.

"Everything clicked today. You go through periods where you're not hitting the back of net or getting the rub of the green. We were defensively solid and built from that."

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Branthwaite is a bit lucky to escape without conceding a foul after clumsily bringing Son to the ground inside the 18-yard box, but referee Darren England sees nothing wrong with the incidental contact as he allows play to continue with Everton in possession.

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OFF THE POST! Ndiaye feeds the ball through for Mangala, who is unable to corral it as he slides to push it off Dragusin. The ricochet falls kindly to Calvert-Lewin, who squares it to Mangala, but the midfielder’s first-time shot is pushed onto the woodwork by Kinsky! Lindstrom manages to keep it in play before hooking a cross back into the 18-yard box, but Calvert-Lewin’s header is easily caught!

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CALVERT-LEWIN MISSES THE CHANCE TO DOUBLE HIS TALLY! Tarkowski again exploits Tottenham’s high line with an incredible lifted pass for Calvert-Lewin, who struggles to settle the bouncing ball as he gets into the penalty area. The striker looks to take a touch off his knee before finishing from close range but it gets away from him, allowing Kinsky to recover!

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AN OPPORTUNITY WASTED! Porro gets into Everton’s half and splits the defence with a threaded ball through for Kulusevski, who receives it before squaring an unselfish pass across the face of goal for Son. With time and space, the captain hits his shot from the penalty spot at the first time of asking, but Pickford is equal to it - getting low quick to make a two-handed save!

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Son’s inswinging corner to the far post is hit in search of Dragusin, who is marked closely by Branthwaite, but a diving Pickford manages to get a flapping hand to the ball to push it away from the Tottenham centre-back.

19 January 2025 14:22
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Though Tottenham have managed to come from behind to take points in the Premier League in four of their 11 attempts (three wins and one draw), they have not managed to do so away from home this campaign, losing in each of the four games on their travels where they’ve conceded first.

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WELL-TIMED! Davies goes long from deep inside his own half, looking to pick out the run of Son. It’s an inch-perfect delivery that finds the captain perfectly in stride but he’s unable to test Pickford, with Tarkowski’s tackle dispossessing the striker eight yards from goal!

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Tarkowski floats a lovely pass forward for Calvert-Lewin, who is unable to get a shot away thanks to the presence of Dragusin. He instead looks to bring Lindstrom into the play, with the winger firing a low shot towards the goalkeeper’s near post, but an offside in the build up gives Tottenham the ball.

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Calvert-Lewin's goal ended his 16-match run in the Premier League without one, with today's strike his first in the competition since September 14, 2024 against Aston Villa.

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