Everton v Arsenal LIVE: Gunners held as Liverpool offered Premier League title boost by rivals
Everton 1-1 Arsenal: Iliman Ndiaye’s penalty cancelled out Leandro Trossard’s opener at Goodison
Everton held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park to help rivals Liverpool take another step towards the Premier League title.
Iliman Ndiaye’s penalty shortly after half time cancelled out Leandro Trossard’s opener and means Liverpool will have the chance to open up a 14-point lead at the top of the table if they defeat Fulham at Craven Cottage tomorrow.
Mikel Arteta started with Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli on the bench ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid as Trossard fired the Gunners in front on the counter-attack.
But Myles Lewis-Skelly brought down Jack Harrison moments after the restart and Ndiaye equalised from the spot. Saka, Odegaard and Martinelli were brought on but Arsenal’s best chance fell to Mikel Merino, who headed wide.
Liverpool could win the title by the end of the month if they win their next four games. The Reds play Fulham on Sunday, followed by West Ham, Leicester, and Tottenham on 27 April.
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Everton 1-1 Arsenal
50 mins: A ninth goal of the season for Ndiaye and suddenly this has got a lot more interesting.
GOAL! Everton 1-1 Arsenal
49 mins: There’s a lengthy delay before Ndiaye can take, but he’s cool as you like, slotting it into the bottom right corner with Raya sent the wrong way.
Immaculate.
Everton 0-1 Arsenal
48 mins: Darren England made no hesitation in pointing to the spot. There’s a VAR check for offside in the build-up, but the call stands.
Jorginho goes into the book for complaining about it.
Ndiaye stands ready to take.
PENALTY! Everton 0-1 Arsenal
46 mins: What a start! Early mix-up by Arsenal as Beto looks to cause some chaos, then Lewis-Skelly gets in a tussle with Harrison and brings him down on the edge of the area, falling down on the Everton player!
Penalty to the hosts.
SECOND HALF: Everton 0-1 Arsenal
46 mins: Ready for the second half, and bad news for Everton: Nwaneri and Sterling have come off and the big guns are on: Saka and Martinelli.
No changes for the hosts.
HALF-TIME: Everton 0-1 Arsenal
Not, you’d have to say, the most scintillating half of football you’ve ever seen.
A communication mix-up by Everton led to Sterling stealing the ball from Gueye’s knock-down and teeing up a lovely composed finish by Trossard, in the only real moment of quality in that entire half.
Everton have occasionally threatened on the counter but have wasted their chances and need to come out firing after the restart.
HALF-TIME: Everton 0-1 Arsenal
One shot on target, one goal so far. Not a great first half but Leandro Trossard is probably a worthy scorer. His movement has been excellent.
HALF-TIME: Everton 0-1 Arsenal
45+6 mins: Ndiaye curls in from the edge of the box but it’s over the bar!
Arsenal have looked pretty comfortable in the closing stages of this half, and they lead at the break.
CHANCE! Everton 0-1 Arsenal
45+4 mins: Trossard wants another! He initially outsprints Tarkowski but the defender makes a sliding challenge to deny him; Pickford is right there but collides with Trossard making the clearance. Rice attempts to score the rebound but Tarkowski again is there with a brilliant block.
The Belgina international is down again.
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