Tottenham thrash Everton in thrilling encounter
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Tottenham Hotspur showed the Premier League title race might not be just a two-horse affair with a hugely impressive 6-2 win at Everton on Sunday with Harry Kane and Son Heung-min both scoring twice.
Everton took the lead in the 21st minute when Dominic Calvert-Lewin pulled the ball back to Theo Walcott who turned it past Hugo Lloris.
After Calvert-Lewin had a header harshly ruled out, Spurs drew level from an awful mix-up between Everton keeper Jordan Pickford and defender Kurt Zouma with South Korean Son doing well from a tight angle to curl the ball into the unguarded goal.
Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs grabbed the lead in the 35th minute when Dele Alli drilled home the ball after Son's shot was parried by Pickford.
Three minutes before the break, the visitors made it 3-1 when a Kieran Trippier free kick flew out off the post straight to Kane who gleefully converted.
Christian Eriksen made it 41 in the 48th minute when Kane's shot was blocked by Seamus Coleman and the Dane showed great technique as he drove the ball past Pickford from 20 metres out.
Everton responded though, three minutes later, with Gylfi Sigurdsson cutting across the edge of the area and reversing a shot into the bottom corner.
Any hope of an Everton revival was short-lived however as substitute Erik Lamela slipped in the superb Son who confidently drove past Pickford to make it 5-2.
The irrepressible Son then created the sixth, with his perfectly delivered cross from the left met with a textbook finish by the sliding Kane. Reuters
PREVIEW
What time does it start?
Everton vs Tottenham kicks off at 4pm (GMT)
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports’ Premier League and Main Event channels from 3:30pm. Sky Sports subscribers can also watch the game via the SkyGo app.
The match will also be available on NOW TV by grabbing a day pass for just £7.99.
Highlights will be shown at 10:30pm on BBC One.
Player to watch…
Dele Alli: The England midfielder was at his very best at Arsenal as he masterminded their EFL quarter-final win over the Gunners in midweek. Having played a perfectly-weighted ball over the top for Son Heung-min for the opener, he then impudently scored the second after receiving a similar ball from Harry Kane to the one he had played. He responded amusingly to the bottle being thrown at him, and will need to put in similar performances if Spurs are to keep their title hopes alive.
Form guide…
Everton: DWLDDL
Tottenham: LWWDWW
Odds…
Everton to win: 23/10
Tottenham to win: 5/4
Draw: 47/20
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
44 minutes
Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Davinson Sanchez again chase a pass over the top, the Colombian forcing Calvert-Lewin off balance and then drawing a foul.
Free kick for Spurs inside their own box.
45 minutes
Four goals but few other stoppages means it will be two minutes added on at the end of the first half.
Everton took an early lead but looked open at the back throughout the first half, and Tottenham made them pay with three goals to lead at half-time.
Spurs are deservedly ahead after an entertaining half of football, but Everton will be disappointed with their capitulation after taking the lead after an emotional goal from Theo Walcott, who unfortunately lost his grandfather this week.
It was an awful moment for Jordan Pickford and Kurt Zouma to hand Heung-Min Son the equaliser, but Marco Silva's men will argue that they could have been two ahead beforehand after Dominic Calvert-Lewin's disallowed goal.
But from there Spurs continued to threaten, with first Dele Alli and latterly Harry Kane profiting from rebounds to take and extend the lead.
The game is so open - it seems likely the second half will feature even more goals...
Dele Alli was rather naughtily lunged into by Jordan Pickford after being flagged offside moments before half-time, and he has not re-emerged for the second half.
Erik Lamela takes his place as the game resumes.
47 minutes
Gylfi Sigurdsson eventually works enough space to get in the cross and Davinson Sanchez miscues his clearing header behind for a corner.
Sigurdsson takes but it isn't his best, and Heung-Min Son and Christian Eriksen combine to clear.
GOAL! Everton 1-4 Tottenham (Christian Eriksen, 48 minutes)
Stunning finish!
Kieran Trippier lofts the ball for Harry Kane, who takes the ball down with the deftest of back heels on the run.
Kane's cross is lacklustre and easily headed away by Seamus Coleman, but Christian Eriksen is there to come on to the loose bouncing ball.
Eriksen controls his volley perfectly, cutting across it in outstanding fashion to swerve the ball beyond Coleman's effort to block from the floor and into the bottom corner.
A quite brilliant strike.
GOAL! Everton 2-4 Tottenham (Gylfi Sigurdsson, 51 minutes)
A lifeline for Everton!
Richarlison feeds Gylfi Sigurdsson who moves between Christian Eriksen and Davinson Sanchez, and continues to move across the Spurs defence to his right.
He takes the ball beyond Ben Davies and then shoots back across Hugo Lloris, who gets his fingertips to the ball but fails to keep it out.
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