Everton 1 – 1 Leeds

Thierno Barry continued his sturdy scoring type with a second-half equaliser to earn Everton a 1-1 residence draw towards Leeds.

Barry, who scored simply as soon as in his first 18 league appearances, poked in a 76th-minute leveller for a fourth purpose in 5 top-flight video games.

Everton couldn’t discover a winner as Idrissa Gueye struck the bar simply two minutes after Barry’s purpose, with the Toffees’ winless residence run extending to 5 video games as they moved into the highest half of the desk.

Sixteenth-placed Leeds, in the meantime, are six factors above the drop and stay with just one away league win this season.

It was a degree for David Moyes’ facet that had appeared unlikely at half-time, as Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Carragher stated Everton had made Leeds “appear like Actual Madrid”.

James Justin had given the guests a deserved Twenty eighth-minute lead, firing residence from Anton Stach’s cross.

Six minutes later, Dominic Calvert-Lewin practically haunted Everton as he hit the submit in his first recreation towards them since becoming a member of Leeds in the summertime on a free switch.

Everton had been booed off at half-time after they didn’t have a shot on course, whereas Leeds had 10 makes an attempt within the first half.

Moyes responded by making a double half-time substitution by bringing on Jarrad Branthwaite and Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor to match up Leeds’ three on the again – and it labored a deal with.

The house facet had been jolted into life as Barry poked residence from Gueye’s cross to forestall Leeds from claiming back-to-back league wins for the primary time this season.

Moyes: Subs made the distinction

Everton supervisor David Moyes chatting with Sky Sports activities:

“Actually disenchanted with how we performed within the first half and usually how we arrange did not actually work in addition to we would have appreciated. The second half was a lot better. We caught at it.

“It did not appear like a purpose was coming however we obtained one in the long run and we had been a bit unlucky to not get a second one.”

On half-time adjustments: “I hoped we could not play any worse than we had within the first half. Leeds had been first to extra balls, I did not suppose we competed nicely and it wasn’t like us. All spherical we lacked a little bit of one thing that will make the distinction.

“We have plenty of gamers on the best way again and none of them had been match to start out. I’ve in all probability gone a bit early on Jarrad (Branthwaite) and Kiernan (Dewsbury-Corridor) however we wanted to try to do one thing and make a distinction. These gamers got here on and did make a distinction.”

On Thierno Barry’s type: “When you’re a centre-forward, you want to rating objectives and he hadn’t initially. His play has obtained higher. He is getting extra settled with us. His coaching is healthier. It is not all the time the reply however once you’re coaching nicely and getting used to issues, you might have a greater likelihood of scoring objectives.”

Farke: We must always’ve buried the sport within the first half

Leeds boss Daniel Farke chatting with Sky Sports activities:

“It is a good consequence as a promoted facet. To come back to Everton, a tricky place, particularly as soon as they’re on it within the second half. It is undoubtedly a great consequence.

“It’s kind of disappointing as we weren’t distant from successful it. I feel within the first half, it was a superb efficiency. Very dominant, did not enable probabilities for them, and we must always’ve scored the second purpose.

“We must always’ve buried the sport within the first half.

“It was all the time clear that with the standard Everton had been capable of carry, they’d present up sooner or later on this recreation.

“That they had extra possession within the second half, however the intestine intuition is that we nonetheless managed the sport towards the ball. Karl Darlow made one good save; they hit the crossbar, however aside from this, it was simply the purpose.

“General it was a great efficiency from the lads and a great level for us.”

Can Leeds trigger Arsenal issues?

Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Carragher on whether or not Leeds can beat Arsenal at Elland Street on Saturday:

“What number of issues will Arsenal trigger them? They [Arsenal] went to Everton, an identical type of degree staff, they usually received there 1-0.

“I feel if Arsenal are going to go to Leeds and win, it is likely to be by the odd purpose. They are not going to attain an abundance of objectives. They depend on set-pieces.

“I feel via that truth, Leeds ought to keep within the recreation so long as they will, even when they’re 1-0 down. The environment has helped them get so many huge scalps. I feel it is going to be a extremely powerful recreation for Arsenal.

“I’ll anticipate them to win however solely by the odd purpose.”

Opta stats: Everton stay winless towards newly-promoted sides

• Everton stay winless towards newly promoted sides within the Premier League this season (D3 L1), although are unbeaten at residence of their final six matches (W4 D2).
• No facet has misplaced fewer Premier League video games because the begin of December than Leeds United (1), whereas solely Aston Villa (22), Manchester Metropolis (21), Arsenal (20), Manchester United and Fulham (each 17) have collected extra factors in that point than their 15.
• Everton have now conceded 9 objectives through crosses within the Premier League this season; the joint-most within the competitors this time period together with West Ham United.
• After failing to attain with any of his first 15 Premier League photographs this season, Everton’s Thierno Barry has scored with 5 of his final 10 efforts on purpose.
• For the reason that begin of December, solely Ollie Watkins (7), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (7) and Erling Haaland (6) have scored extra Premier League objectives than Thierno Barry (5).

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