Everton 1-1 Spurs: A wonderful miracle goal from Michael Keane gave Everton a point against Tottenham Hotspur on Monday evening. Sean Dyche’s team did not deserve to lose based on their willpower, as seemed to happen long after a penalty from Harry Kane was used.
Flash in the final minute lifts Everton out of the relegation zone and hurts Spurs
The audience at Goodison Park was looking forward to it. A good series under Dyche had given them back confidence and the home team started with attacking intentions. It did not yield any really great opportunities, the fierce hunting of both teams prevented the fact that there was really good football. The halftime score of 0-0 was the logical consequence. So there is work to be done for Cristian Stellini in the first game at Tottenham after the dismissal of Antonio Conte.
Second half
Even after the break, Everton came out a lot better than their low ranking suggests, but on the hour the lights went out at Abdoulaye Doucouré. The Everton midfielder lost his composure and slapped Harry Kane after an altercation. The Tottenham striker eagerly took to the grass, referee David Coote had no option but to draw the red card.
It was easier against ten men, especially since Michael Keane helped the visitors from London even further with a stupid foul on Cristian Romero in his own sixteen. Another easy decision: penalty kick. Kane, now enemy number one with the fanatical fans on the Gwladys Street side of Goodison, effortlessly outwitted Jordan Pickford from eleven yards. The home team then tried.
Idrissa Gueye saw his shot hit the crossbar by Hugo Lloris, Keane headed from a corner into the hands of the French keeper. In the closing stages, Coote had a third big decision to make, and it wasn’t hard either. Lucas Moura came in ridiculously wildly at Keane, the Ajax executioner of 2019 had to step in two minutes before the end.
Ten against ten
That turned out to be what Everton needed. The crowd once again got behind it and Keane, the main player of the evening, got the ball. With a few seconds left in regulation time. The center defender fired a seething hard shot, which sailed past the hopeless Lloris in the intersection. A delirium of happiness for the forty thousand blue faithful in their football temple that gets closer to the sledgehammer every week.
With ten against ten, the six minutes of injury time became an unparalleled spectacle. Both teams still wanted to go for the win. In vain: it remained at 1-1, an incredibly important point for Everton. Keane lifts Dyche’s troops from eighteenth to fifteenth place in the standings in one go. Tottenham climb to third place, but are tied in points with Newcastle United (third) and Manchester United (fifth). Both Uniteds have played two games less than the team from North London.
