Leicester’s early control – see a 75-per-cent possession share and a let-off for Everton when Maddison scuffed into Pickford’s gloves at 1-0 – steadily gave way to a stretched, harum-scarum contest. Jonny Evans slammed the door in the face of Richarlison, slipped in by Alex Iwobi. Vitalii Mykolenko similarly checked Barnes’ progress at the other end. Iwobi was offering another hard-running turn, chasing and harrying Leicester’s tidy trio of midfielders. With the ball at his feet, Iwobi drove through the heart of the pitch, moving Everton from back to front speedily enough to discomfort Leicester. There was home hope, too, in the space Leicester vacated in committing bodies to attack.
Castagne was soon back in his favoured position but no more comfortable in competition with the effervescent Gordon. The Belgian defender waited optimistically on his heels for a pass to arrive, only to witness Gordon steal in, quick as a flash, and fire the ball infield for Richarlison. In trying to manipulate the ball to set up a goal attempt, Richarlison inadvertently invited the hastily-retreating Castagne to make good on his error. The Gordon-Castagne duel counted as a source of optimism for Everton. Equally, there was an element of encouragement in the increasingly frantic football.
Rondon was next to enter the fray, on for Gray with 25 minutes remaining. And the switch almost immediately paid off. Pickford cut out the middlemen, punting a 60 yarder toward Rondon. He got enough of the ball to help it on for Richarlison, whose direct running forced a Leicester slip. Schmeichel, however, dived right to beat out the right-footed attempt. Leicester’s attacking threat was diminishing – but not, by any means, disappearing.
Iwobi carried the ball forwards for a strike over the top five minutes after the restart. And an effort from Gray, collecting Gordon’s smart return, went similarly high. The catalyst for Everton, repeatedly, was Iwobi. It was his hounding that robbed Leicester and, ultimately, led to Gray’s attempt. Moments previously, Iwobi’s closing and pressing tight to Leicester’s goalline, switched up the decibel levels inside Goodison. Lampard had shifted the former Arsenal player into a more advanced position for the second 45 minutes, Iwobi operating ahead of Allan and Fabian Delph. When Dele replaced Allan after 58 minutes, Iwobi retained his more offensive brief, leaving Delph to guard the back-four.
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If you already have an Official Membership or 22/23 Season Ticket, just login to watch the video. If you are interested in an Official membership, you can find out how to buy one here. Also check out our streaming FAQs. Match Stats Team Stats Player Stats Not many of Richarlison’s 50 Everton goals can have been celebrated as wildly as the one which brought up the Brazilian’s half century. Frank Lampard’s team were heading for defeat, here, smashing away at the door in pursuit of a strike to level Harvey Barnes’ fifth-minute goal for Leicester to no avail. As hard as they pushed and probed and picked away at the lock, Everton couldn’t bundle their way through. Headers flashed wide, shots were scrambled off the line and Kasper Schmeichel, Leicester’s goalkeeper, made a couple of very good saves.
They fell behind nonetheless, and spent 85 minutes plus most of the five added at the end, trying to rescue something from the match. Lampard was right on two counts: yes, complacency is a foe in any survival fight, and this is a scrap that could go to the wire. Burnley will certainly note the 21 points up for grabs over the next four weeks and think they have a shout.
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Gray, who rifled a 21st-minute shot into the body of Tielemans after dashing in from the left, came closest to a first-half equaliser. A set-piece routine lifted directly from the training ground – and, by extension, the playbook of First-Team coach Paul Clement – saw Gray clip a left-wing corner low to Iwobi at the near post. It appeared a mis-hit from Gray, at first. Not as the full picture emerged, though. Iwobi directed the ball back for Gray, on the move and flashing a rising shot narrowly past Schmeichel’s left upright. Gray again, a few minutes earlier, swinging in a ball from the right but seeing Richarlison head over at the near post.
Play with this sort of hunger and desire and refusal to yield, however, and Everton will take plenty more points from here. Barnes applied the finishing touch for Leicester’s breakthrough – and it was a smart one, turned inside Jordan Pickford’s right post – but the goal belonged to more than half of the away team. Lampard will be unhappy with how Leicester progressed from one end of the field to the other, no question about that – Everton managing only brief contact on the ball as it advanced. For the visitors’ part, they would have been pleased with Schmeichel’s sweeping pass to Ricardo Pereira, hugging the right touchline.
It seemed Everton’s race was run when Seamus Coleman steered the ball beyond Schmeichel in stoppage time, only for Daniel Amartey to intervene. But there was still gas in the Everton tank. Forward they came, one more time, to muster a 13th shot of the game. Lucky number 13, as it happened, as, finally, the hosts achieved the desired result. Salomon Rondon, on since minute 66, pushed Leicester back, eventually squeezing the ball to Richarlison.
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