EVERTON and Nottingham Forest surged out of the Prem drop zone as it rained goals on Bank Holiday Monday.
But fans were left fuming that there was no Match of the Day on to watch highlights.
Woeful Leicester were spanked 5-3 by Fulham at the start of a day which saw a crazy 21 strikes in three games involving Premier League relegation scrappers.
Everton later pulled off a stunning 5-1 thrashing of Europe-chasing Brighton.
Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dwight McNeil scored two each to give the Toffees a two-point safety buffer.
Keeper Jordan Pickford said: “Still three cup finals to go. We have to keep believing and focus on Everton, not what is around us.”
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Forest also hauled themselves out of the bottom three as Taiwo Awoniyi scored twice in a 4-3 win over bottom club Southampton — who are eight points adrift with just three games left to play.
The win puts Forest three points clear of Leeds and Leicester, who both slipped into the drop zone.
Foxes star James Maddison fumed: “We are hurting, we were not hungry enough.”
Incredibly, there were more goals in Monday’s three matches than there were combined across Saturday and Sunday’s seven games.
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But there yet there was no Match of the Day for fans to sink their teeth into.
And some Premier League fans were left fuming at not being able to see more of Monday’s madness with Gary Lineker and Co.
One said: “It is criminal that there is no Match of the Day on tonight.”
Another declared: “The one night you want a Match of the Day and there isn’t one.”
One noted: “How the hell is there not a Match of the Day on today?”
Another added: “Mad to think that if Match of the Day was on tonight, Everton would have been on last despite winning 5-1 away at Europe-chasing Brighton.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
