EPL – Everton vs Leicester: Leicester travelled to Merseyside to take on relegation threatened Everton at Goodison Park. With the Foxes hopes of playing in Europe next season all but over, the club hoped of finishing as high as possible. As for their opponents, a win was imperative to stay up in the Prem.
Rodger’s men looked likely to seal all three points as they held the lead for most of the game, thanks to Barnes’ 5th minute effort. However, the relentless home side headed by Richarlison’s prowess upfront managed to equalise in injury time to steal themselves a point.
EPL – Everton vs Leicester: Match summary
Full time score: Everton 1-1 Leicester
Everton: Pickford (6), Coleman (6), Godfrey (7), Mina (7), Mykolenko (6), Allan (5), Delph (7), Iwobi (6), Gordon (6), Gray (5), Richarlison (6).
Subs: Rondon (7), Alli (6).
Goal: Richarlison (90+2′)
Leicester: Schmeichel (6), Pereira (6), Fofana (7), Evans (7), Castagne (6), Tielemans (7), Mendy (6), Dewsbury-Hall (7), Maddison (7), Barnes (7), Iheanacho (6).
Subs: Amartey (n/a), Daka (5), Lookman (5).
Goal: H Barnes (5′)
Managers’ reaction
Everton manager Frank Lampard: “A late goal that gets you a draw feels a real positive. That is something we want to change. Something we haven’t been able to do well enough in my time here is draw games when we are either are not playing as well as we should do, and there have been games recent where are performances were good and we got nothing.
“As long as we stay in games and keep fighting in games then anything is possible. It’s a small run but it is the bounce of coming off a good result against Manchester United to get another point on the board. It can be an easy thing to throw at the players that they lack spirit or desire and they certainly don’t.
“We are not in a time for pretty patterns and an idea of our philosophy for the next two or three years, the first phase is can we fight or show character to stay in this league and they showed that tonight.”
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers: “I thought performance-wise we were excellent. Once we get into the second half we just need a wee bit more composure in the final third of the pitch to close the game out. At 1-0 you always have to go right to the end and unfortunately just at the end we conceded the goal.
“You think of the great result Everton had here 11 days ago (beating Manchester United); this is our fourth game in that period. The level the players played at was a really high level. Overall, I’m delighted with how we played.”
