EVERTON reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup thanks to an astonishing 5-4 victory over Tottenham at Goodison Park.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison (x2), Gylfi Sigurdsson and Bernard notched for the Toffees while Davinson Sanchez (x2), Erik Lamela and Harry Kane scored for Spurs.
- RESULT: Everton 5-4 Tottenham
- Everton XI: Olsen, Digne, Keane, Godfrey, Mina, Doucoure, Iwobi, Davies, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin
- Tottenham XI: Lloris, Doherty, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Davies, Hojbjerg, Ndombele, Bergwijn, Lucas, Son
Follow ALL the action with our live blog below…
Get Everton at 14/1 or Tottenham at 15/1 in big odds boost
THAT’S ALL FOR TONIGHT!
Yet another FA Cup classic, and it’s Everton who have progressed onto the Quarter-Finals of the FA Cup.
Have a good one!
JOSE SPEAKS
Spurs boss Jose Mourinho gave his post-match thoughts to BT Sports after the game: “I enjoy it, and I didn’t enjoy it. I enjoyed the way we played when we had the ball.
“We had the ball, we create, great dynamic, great movement, score goals.
“Great character to fight against mistakes, but attacking football only wins matches when you don’t make more defensive mistakes than what you create.
“It hurts everyone from our team. Because the feeling is that we played really well when we had the ball.
“We fight back, more mistakes, then fight back again. We can’t cry. We have to play Saturday and next week go to Europa League.”
SIGURDSSON SPEAKS
Man of the match Sigurdsson spoke to BT Sports after the game: “It was too open-ended, too many goals.
“Probably good to watch, but I’m not gonna lie. It was fantastic to come back.
“We conceded three goals from corners or set pieces, which is something we need to have a look at.
“But the spirit in the team to come back and eventually go through is fantastic.
“It was probably fantastic to sit at home and watch, but for our liking too open.
“But a fantastic cup game, and it’s fantastic to still be in the competition!”
FA CUP FIFTH ROUND RESULTS
- Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth
- Man Utd 1-0 West Ham
- Swansea 1-3 Man City
- Leicester City 1-0 Brighton
- Sheffield United 1-0 Bristol City
- Wolves vs Southampton – TBD tomorrow
- Barnsley vs Chelsea – TBD tomorrow
FULL-TIME STATS
Bernard’s strike is the difference between the two sides.
Spurs dominated the ball, completed more passes, had more shots on target AND more touches inside the opposition penalty area.
But it wasn’t enough to get past Ancelotti’s high-flying Toffees!
FT – ET: EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
Everton have done it!
They go through to the Quarter-Finals of the FA Cup for the first time in five years and Bernard is the match winner!
The Brazilian let Sigurdsson’s pass run across him, before firing across Lloris and into the far corner.
Undoubtably the best FA Cup tie of the season so far, and it’ll take a lot of doing to top that.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 30. Just the ONE additional minute.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 28. WIDE!
Winks whips the ball into the penalty area, Kane gets in-between Mina and Holgate, meets the cross but glances his header wide!
TWO minutes to go and Everton are holding on in a game which will no doubt go down in FA Cup history.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 26. Doucoure clears the corner.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 25. Kane plays a lovely ball wide to Sissoko on the right-hand side.
And the Frenchman hangs the ball up at the back post, but Holgate heads behind conceding a corner.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 24. The wall does its job and blocks the free-kick.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 23. Richarlison’s misplaced pass on the edge of his own penalty area falls at the feet of Vinicius.
Holgate sticks a foot in and brings the Brazilian down.
Tottenham have a free-kick in a very dangerous area.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 21. Son’s free-kick deflects off the head of Holgate – who has just come on for Digne – and into the arms of Olsen.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 20. Kane wins back possession for Spurs, holding off the challenge of Coleman.
He then cuts the ball inside of Doucoure and goes to ground winning a free-kick.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 19. Sissoko plays the ball inside to Winks, the England international gets his head up and tries to whip the ball into the box, but the ball deflects off Davies.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 17. Keane meets Sigurdsson’s free-kick inside the penalty area, but he can’t guide his effort on target.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 15. WHAT A BLOCK!
Kane finds a yard of space inside the penalty area and takes the shot on first-time, but Mina throws his body in the way of the ball to block!
Everton break up the other end of the pitch through Doucoure, who skips past one or two challenges before finding Sigurdsson.
The former Spurs man drives towards goal, shifts the ball onto his right foot and gets a shot off, but it doesn’t trouble Lloris.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 15. Spurs get the second half of extra-time underway!
PEEEEEEEEEEP!
AND WE’RE OFF!
HT – ET: EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
Well, we’ve seen the NINTH goal of the game and it went in Everton’s favour!
Bernard essentially played a one-two with Sigurdsson on the edge of the penalty area – let the ball roll across him and fired into the far corner!
Massive second half of extra-time to come for both teams.
Will there be ONE last twist in the tale?
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
THE HALF-TIME WHISTLE GOES IN EXTRA-TIME!
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 15. Two additional minutes to be played.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 14. Keane heads the second corner clear and Bernard picks up the ball for Everton.
He spins and plays the ball into the path of Richarlison.
The ball is then played back to Sigurdsson who plays the ball back – Everton are looking to slow the game down and get to half-time of extra-time.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 14. Kane’s effort deflects off Mina and behind for a second consecutive corner.
EVERTON 5-4 TOTTENHAM
ET: 14. Alli wins a corner for Spurs after some good work down Everton’s left-hand side of defence.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
