When Dominic Calvert-Lewin headed the ball into the net, Everton fans were ready to start celebrating their team바카라™s Premier League status being preserved. (More Football News)
Everton seal English Premier League survival with a dramatic 3-2 comeback win over Crystal Palace at Goodison Park in a five-goal thriller.
When Dominic Calvert-Lewin headed the ball into the net, Everton fans were ready to start celebrating their team바카라™s Premier League status being preserved. (More Football News)
A combination of astonishment and relief sent supporters flooding onto the Goodison Park field on Thursday night. From two goals down to Crystal Palace, Everton was leading 3-2. But there were still at least five minutes remaining.
The field had to be cleared before the fans could spill back on at the final whistle, sure the Merseyside club바카라™s stay in the top division will extend to 69 years.
The outpouring of joy saw the grass covered in blue-shirted fans carrying smoke grenades as the players remained pitchside behind security. In the mayhem, Palace manager Patrick Vieira looked to be goaded by an Everton fan before he kicked out.
While Everton is safe, it will be only Burnley and Leeds trying to avoid being the third and final team relegated in the final round of the season on Sunday.
바카라śAt halftime, we are not dead and buried,바카라ť Everton manager Frank Lampard said, 바카라śbut anyone on the outside would say that and it is the character of this club, the fans and the players that dragged us through.바카라ť
Burnley managed to climb out of the relegation zone at the expense of Leeds by drawing 1-1 at Aston Villa. Chelsea will head into the finale with third place already secured by drawing 1-1 with Leicester on Thursday.
The Everton fans made their presence felt outside Goodison Park with blue smoke shrouding the streets as the teams arrived.
There wasn바카라™t anything to celebrate inside after the 21st minute when Jean-Philippe Mateta got in front of defender Vitalii Mykolenko to head in from Eberechi Eze바카라™s free kick.
Everton was enraged that Jordan Ayew was only booked for a scissor tackle on Anthony Gordon before he scored Palace바카라™s second. Mateta바카라™s cross was punched by goalkeeper Jordan Pickford only as far as Wilfried Zaha. The follow-up was parried and Everton midfielder Abdoulaye DoucourĂ© failed to clear the danger before Ayew poked into the net.
Everton바카라™s 5-2-3 formation meant it was being totally outnumbered in midfield. Having briefly switched to 4-2-1-3 late in the first half, Lampard changed again, with Dele Alli and Alex Iwobi, now in his third role of the night, deployed as two attacking midfielders with DoucourĂ© holding.
It sparked a comeback that began in the 54th. Mason Holgate nodded down a free kick and Michael Keane netted with his weaker left foot.
Pickford바카라™s one-handed save from Mateta kept Everton in the game. Richarlison leveled in the 75th minute and Calvert-Lewin headed Everton in front in the 85th from Demarai Gray바카라™s free kick.
바카라śWhat a roller coaster football is sometimes,바카라ť Calvert-Lewin said. 바카라śIt is why we love the game, why the fans love the game. In an ideal situation we wouldn바카라™t be in the position we were but then it produces moments like that and you can go from low to high so quick.
바카라śI don바카라™t think I바카라™ll sleep tonight or maybe I will. What a night.바카라ť
At Villa Park, Ashley Barnes converted a penalty for Burnley in the 45th after a clumsy challenge from Emi BuendĂa on Maxwel Cornet but the Argentine redeemed himself just after the break with the equalizer.
Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope made a string of fine saves in the second half before the visitors had Matt Lowton sent off in stoppage time for a late challenge on Calum Chambers.
The point lifted Burnley out of the bottom three thanks to having a better goal difference than Leeds as they are both on 35 points. While Burnley plays Newcastle on Sunday, Jesse Marsch바카라™s Leeds is at Brentford trying to avoid joining Norwich and Watford in dropping into the second division.
바카라śWe have left it in our hands going into the weekend so that was important,바카라ť Burnley defender James Tarkowski told Sky Sports. 바카라śIt would have been nice to get three today and take a little bit of the pressure away but it is a big game either way.바카라ť
At Stamford Bridge, Marcos Alonso바카라™s fine volley from Reece James바카라™ diagonal cross recovered the point for Chelsea in the 34th minute after the wingback바카라™s failure to track back had allowed James Maddison to fire Leicester in front from 18 yards (meters).
Christian Pulisic scuffed a tap-in wide that could have won the game for Chelsea.
Thomas Tuchel바카라™s team was already sure of clinching one of the four Champions League places but the west London club will finish third due to having a far better goal difference than Tottenham heading into Sunday바카라™s final round.