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)
76 minutes
This is the highest scoring game of the Premier League season so far, and there may yet be more goalscoring action.
Bernard replaced Richarlison in a Brazilian swap in the wake of that goal for Everton.
79 minutes
Heung-Min Son is saluted by the away fans (and a few home fans, too) after a superb performance.
Son makes way for another standout from Spurs' academy; Oliver Skipp will get ten minutes from the bench.
81 minutes
Gylfi Sigurdsson receives a clever pull back from Lucas Digne, but his shot has the venom taken out of it after deflecting off Davinson Sanchez, and Hugo Lloris is untroubled as he falls to the floor to smother it.
83 minutes
Both sides opt to make their final change.
Cenk Tosun replaces Gylfi Sigurdsson for the home team, while Lucas Moura comes on in the place of Moussa Sissoko, who may have picked up a knock.
87 minutes
Erik Lamela is felled 30 yards from goal on the right edge of the box.
Lamela may fancy this, though both Christian Eriksen and Kieran Trippier are in close proximity too...
88 minutes
Eriksen it is who takes it, and it is a curious low cross-come-shot that flicks off Lucas Digne on the edge of the area and out for a corner.
Spurs take it short, but Everton force them back into their own half.
90 minutes
Three added minutes signalled by the fourth official.
90 + 2 minutes
Everton push for their third in stoppage time and Morgan Schneiderlin unfurls a fierce volley as the ball drops on the edge of the area, but Oliver Skipp gets his body in the way to prevent the winning margin narrowing.
Everton overhit a cross, and Spurs will now surely run the game through to its conclusion.
Eight goals, six of them to Spurs. An open and entertaining affair at Goodison Park, and Spurs go marching on.
Spurs move to just two points behind Manchester City and extend their lead over Chelsea and Arsenal to five points.
Everton will spend Christmas eleventh in the Premier League, ahead of West Ham solely by goals scored. They will feel aggrieved that Dominic Calvert-Lewin's goal was ruled out with the score at 1-0, but they were far too loose defensively and Spurs capitalised.
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