Everton prevailed this Wednesday at Tottenham Hotspur in a crazy encounter decided by 5-4 in overtime qualifying the ‘Toffees’ for the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, a game in which Yerry Mina was a starter, James Rodriguez no was taken into account and Dávinson Sánchez stood out in the offensive part.
The match was a carousel of goals, in which Tottenham started winning, the
Everton turned 3-1 in the first half, the ‘Spurs’ managed to tie and Everton took twice more advantage to end up taking the duel in overtime.
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They were very happy to be promised by José Mourinho when the Colombian Davinson Sánchez advanced to his own with a header in a corner, but the
Everton bounced back quickly.
In two minutes, Dominic Calvert-Lewin taking advantage of a bad ball start and a bad stop by Hugo Lloris to tie and Richarlison made it 2-1 with a shot from the front.
A penalty by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and converted by Gylfi Sigurdsson gave the 3-1 to Carlo Ancelotti. Erik Lamela cut before the half and left the match alive for the second half.
Dávinson Sánchez (right) Celebrates with Son Heung.Min.
Davinson reappeared in a corner to push a Højbjerg header and Tottenham regained the lead. But problems in defense of the ‘Spurs’ continued and an interception by Richarlison, with a shot without an angle, put the 4-3 20 minutes from time.
(Besides: Nairo Quintana received bad news and one of his targets fell)
He had to throw Mourinho from Harry Kane, substitute this Wednesday, to level the scales again and the Englishman got it in 82 when he finished off a Heung-min Son submission.
With the match in overtime with a beautiful 4-4 on the scoreboard, Sigurdsson invented a pass from the front over the entire defense for Bernard to shoot Lloris.
3 ‘Everton 0-1 Tottenham
36 ‘Everton 1-1 Tottenham
38 ‘Everton 2-1: Tottenham
43 ‘Everton 3-1: Tottenham
45 ‘Everton: 3-2 Tottenham
57 ‘Everton 3-3: Tottenham
68 ‘Everton 4-3: Tottenham
83 ‘Everton 4-4 Tottenham
97 ‘Everton 5-4 TottenhamWhat a game! 😅🙌 pic.twitter.com/hqtNqhYh53
– Everton in the US (@EvertonInUSA) February 10, 2021
It was so cold in Liverpool that Carlo Ancelotti didn’t even celebrate and he blew his coffee to try to keep himself warm.
(In other news: Official: the final of the Colombia Cup will have fans in the stands)
This last claw from Bernard was enough for him Everton get into the quarterfinals of the cup competition and continue with chances of winning their first title since in 1995 they took over the Community Shield.
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