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  • Lescott (30), Lescott (90)
  • Sidwell (1), Young, A (54), Young, A (90)
  • Date:2008-12-07
  • Kick-off:16:00
  • Venue:Goodison Park
  • Attendance:31922
  • Referee:Atkinson, M

Live Commentary

90mins

FULL TIME: EVERTON 2-3 ASTON VILLA.

90mins

EVERTON 2-3 ASTON VILLA. A sensational finish as ASHLEY YOUNG puts the ball past Tim Howard with virtually the last kick of the game.

90mins

Lescott is booked for taking his shirt off as he celebrates his goal.

90mins

EVERTON 2-2 ASTON VILLA. LESCOTT scores with an acrobatic finish as Everton press.

90mins

Everton really pushing, Arteta gets the shot in but Friedel makes a great save, this is almost like a cup-final now.

89mins

Sustained pressure from Everton, but Friedel and Sidwell manage to clear.

87mins

Laursen clears with a brilliant header after Everton's Pienaar played the ball in, he's had a great game today the big Villa centre-half.

86mins

Bit of a weird one this, Anichebe replaced by Baines for Everton and it looks like Jagielka is going up front for Everton.

85mins

Laursen makes a brilliant challenge on Anichebe after Van Der Meyde had played him in.

84mins

Agbonlahor breaks for Villa but there's no one to support him and Lescott takes the ball off him.

83mins

Moyes decides to bring Andy van der Meyde on for Neville.

82mins

Luke Young hits a cross towards Milner but it's not good enough and Everton clear.

79mins

Just over ten minutes left and still neither side has made a substitution. Everton need to change something but, looking at their bench, I don't know who is worth bringing on.

78mins

Everton pile on the pressure as Fellaini and Pienaar both have efforts blocked, Ashley Young manages to clear the danger for Villa though.

77mins

Everton win a free-kick deep in the Villa half. Arteta takes it but Petrov clears, then Laursen takes the ball off Anichebe.

76mins

Villa break quickly as Barry plays Young through but he takes too long over the opening and messes it up.

74mins

Everton are enjoying most of the possession but they just can't get through the Villa defence. I wouldn't rule them out just yet though.

70mins

Lescott gets a great cross in looking for Fellaini but Laursen clears for an Everton corner. They get three in a row but they all come to nothing.

67mins

Everton win a free-kick in a similar place from which they scored. Arteta takes it but Barry clears for an Everton throw.

66mins

Barry tries his luck with a left-footed shot but it's easily saved by Howard.

64mins

Everton corner, Arteta takes but it's poor and Davies clears for Villa, Everton play the ball back into the Villa box but Friedel gathers.

60mins

Villa have looked a lot more comfortable since getting that second, Everton seem to have been knocked by that goal.

57mins

Well that truly was a gift to Villa and Everton must feel hard done by after largely dominating this game.

55mins

EVERTON 1-2 ASTON VILLA. Phil Jagielka plays a back-pass to Howard and gifts the ball to Ashley YOUNG who coolly places the ball past Tim Howard. It's an absolute howler by the Everton centre-half.

54mins

An ambitious effort from range by Gareth Barry, but it's weak and straight at Howard who saves comfortably.

53mins

Villa on the attack at last but Osman manages to take the ball of Barry and clear for Everton.

51mins

Everton have definetly been the better team at the start of this second half, Villa have hardly had a touch of the ball so far except to clear it.

48mins

Again Everton press but Milner makes an important interception.

47mins

Everton win two more corners, Fellaini sees an effort saved then Phil Neville gets a shot in but Villa clear. Good start from Everton so far.

46mins

Anichebe tries to take Cuellar on but the Villa full-back clears for an Everton corner. Osman swings it in but it comes off the bar, looked like he was going to score off the corner there!

46mins

The second half is underway and Everton will be hoping for more of the same. I wonder how effective Martin O'Neill's half-time talk will have been.

45mins

EVERTON 1-1 ASTON VILLA. All square at half-time as Everton come back from that Villa goal inside the first minute.

45mins

Fellaini is booked for a cynical foul on Young. Young takes the free-kick himself but it's straight at Howard.

43mins

Osman takes a snap-shot over the Villa bar, he had more time than he thought and could have come up with a better effort.

41mins

Cuellar saves Villa, Fellaini gets a head on to Lescott's cross and has Friedel beaten but Cuellar is on the line to head clear.

40mins

Everton in the ascendancy now and look the more likely to score, Villa haven't really done anything for about 20 minutes now.

39mins

Everton free kick from the same place they scored from before, this time though Arteta's delivery is poor and Petrov clears.

38mins

Ooooh, Sidwell goes in two footed on Cahill and just about wins the ball. Could have been a red card easily and he's a lucky boy.

36mins

Anichebe shoots but it's straight at Friedel.

35mins

Everton on the attack again, this time Pienaar's cross just evades Anichebe who was in a brilliant place to score.

32mins

Lescott attempts a cross but it runs through to Friedel, Everton look dangerous every time they play a high ball into the box.

31mins

Luke Young is booked for bringing down Osman in the build-up to the goal.

30mins

EVERTON 1-1 ASTON VILLA. Arteta loops a tricky free-kick into the Villa penalty area and LESCOTT manages to get a foot on to the ball and guides it in. It's been coming as Everton have been getting into the game in the last five minutes

26mins

Milner makes a brilliant last-ditch challenge to take the ball off Anichebe. Everton are coming back into this now although worryingly for Moyes, Anichebe appears to be hurt.

25mins

Everton corner, Arteta takes and Fellaini gets his head on it but Friedel made a comfortable save for Villa.

24mins

Great chance for Everton to equalise, Cahill got the better of Cuellar and hit a great strike goalwards but Friedel made a fine save.

23mins

Agbonlahor takes it past Yobo with ease for Villa and plays a ball to Petrov, Petrov dwells far too long on the ball and he could have got a shot away but Everton clear.

22mins

Everton free kick half way inside the Villa half, it's a good ball from Arteta but Luke Young clears for Villa.

20mins

Again Villa send the ball into the Everton box, you'd think they were the home side with all this pressure. I've been disappointed by Everton so far, it's very one-sided.

19mins

Villa win a corner from Cuellar's cross, Ashley Young sends it in and Laursen should score but his effort is blocked for another corner which Everton clear.

17mins

Arteta tries to work the ball through the Villa defence but they deal with it easily.

15mins

Cahill lays the ball to Fellaini who takes a shot from range but Laursen gets in the way for Villa.

13mins

Everton are still not getting into this game and they look a bit shell-shocked, which isn't surprising really after that early goal, as Howard ends a Villa attack.

11mins

Agbonlahor gets in a shot on the turn but Everton manage to clear.

10mins

Lescott goes for a 'Delap style' throw in but Friedel gathers in the Villa goal.

6mins

Young takes but Howard gathers. Everton have not got out of their own half yet and Villa are bossing this.

5mins

Villa win a corner after Howard puts the ball out of play, Ashley Young takes it but Everton clear for another corner.

3mins

Villa are on the attack again. The goal was scored after only 34 seconds, making it the quickest Premier League goal of the season.

1mins

EVERTON 0-1 ASTON VILLA. Villa score with their first attack. Luke Young plays the ball to Milner who lays it off for SIDWELL. He unleashes a powerful shot past Tim Howard, great goal.

1mins

We're underway at Goodison Park. Villa can move above Hull and into fifth place if they win, while Everton can move level with Martin O'Neill's side if they take the points today.

0mins

Everton boss David Moyes only has on fit striker in Victor Anichebe, Villa have named the same side that drew 0-0 last week, I'm still optimistic we'll see a few goals today though.

0mins

VILLA: Friedel, Cuellar, Laursen, Davies, Young, Sidwell, Petrov, Barry, Milner, Agbonlahor, Young. SUBS: Guzan, Harewood, Delfouneso, Knight, Reo-Coker, Shorey, Gardner.

0mins

EVERTON: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Osman, Fellaini, Arteta, Pienaar, Cahill, Anichebe. SUBS: Nash, Baines, Van Der Meyde, Castillo, Jutkiewicz, Kissock

Match Preview

Injury-ravaged Everton play host to Aston Villa this weekend, with both clubs having ambitions to challenge for a possible top-four finish.

The Toffees secured an excellent 1-0 victory at Tottenham Hotspur last time out, but the win came at a heavy price.

Yakubu suffered a ruptured Achilles which has ended his season prematurely, while fellow striker Louis Saha suffered yet another hamstring problem.

That double blow has left manager David Moyes short of options in attack, with James Vaughan also currently sidelined by a knee injury.

However, Moyes is aware that money is in short supply at Goodison Park ahead of the January transfer window, admitting: "That will be where we will try to see what is available.

"The club gives us all the money they can, but as most people know, there are not big cash reserves. So we'll have to do what we can."

Tony Hibbert (thigh) and Nuno Valente (knee) are also currently sidelined for the Toffees, but Steven Pienaar shrugged off a knee problem to net the winner at White Hart Lane.

Villa also have problems in attack, with Norwegian John Carew absent due to a hip problem, meaning that Gabriel Agbonlahor will again be left to lead the line.

Last time out, Martin O'Neill's side failed to break down Fulham, having to settle for a goalless draw at Villa Park.

However, the Irishman was not too concerned by that stalemate, saying: "Every game is hard and we are not brilliant enough at the moment to steamroll teams, but we are doing fine.

"We have to remember that we have good players who are in their early 20s. It is all about learning, but I do think this team can grow into something."


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Match Report

Steve Sidwell scored inside the first minute and Ashley Young netted with virtually the last kick of a dramatic game as Aston Villa moved back up to fifth in the table with a crucial 3-2 victory at injury-ravaged Everton.

Former Reading and Chelsea midfielder Sidwell blasted a shot from the edge of the penalty area past Tim Howard after only 34 seconds following an error by Mikel Arteta.

Although Everton battled back to equalise through Joleon Lescott, a dreadful Phil Jagielka error allowed Ashley Young to restore Villa's lead.

Lescott scored an acrobatic stoppage-time equaliser but, straight from the restart, Ashley Young burst clear to snatch a dramatic winner for Martin O'Neill's side.

Everton boss David Moyes was without injured strike trio Yakubu, Louis Saha and James Vaughan so was forced to start with only Victor Anichebe in attack.

He also had to name youngsters Lukas Jutkiewicz, Dan Gosling and John Paul Kissock on the substitute's bench such were his lack of options.

Villa's amazing start immediately put Everton on the back foot and O'Neill's side could easily have doubled their lead with Martin Laursen's header from Ashley Young's corner being deflected over the bar while Tim Cahill did well to deny Stiliyan Petrov with a last-ditch tackle.

Slowly Everton began to find their feet and, in the 25th minute, Cahill's powerful shot flew straight at Brad Friedel.

Just 60 seconds later the veteran American keeper was forced to make a more routine stop from Marouane Fellaini's header.

Everton's revival was rewarded with a goal on the half-hour mark. After Carlos Cuellar had conceded a soft free-kick, Arteta rifled the ball in, Leon Osman got a flick to it and Lescott was on hand to knock it home from close range with his knee.

Everton were now on top and, three minutes before the break, Cuellar was forced to head Fellaini's effort off the line.

Moyes' side started the second half as they had ended the first - on top - and, in the 47th minute, Fellaini's close-range header came back off the crossbar via Friedel's fingertips.

However, Everton were rocked in the 54th minute when Jagielka's awful back-pass fell straight to Ashley Young who had little trouble chipping the ball over Howard and into the back of the net.

For all Everton's late pressure, it appeared that Villa would win the game 2-1 until Lescott's spectacular strike brought the sides level.

Amazingly Villa were not finished as Ashley Young used his pace to beat Lescott and Joseph Yobo before firing past Howard to pile more Goodison misery on hapless Everton.

Everton

Aston Villa

Corners

106

Fouls

1816

Goal attempts

125

Shots off target

40

Offsides

00

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