Summary: Gosling hatches as Everton beat Sunderland 3-0
By Ryan G • Dec 28th, 2008 • Category: News |This is a summary for Everton Vs Sunderland, the full personalized report will follow this evening by reporter Karl Hinchcliffe.
Everton continued their fantastic seasonal period form with a convincing win over Sunderland today. It was another case of the scoreline not truly reflecting the dominance Everton had. Mikel Arteta struck twice in front of the Gwladys Street End, the first an excellent free-kick after 10 minutes. Arteta doubled his tally for the afternoon after 27 minutes when his free-kick struck the wall and Arteta hammered the rebound home via a deflection. Everton had chances to add the third before it finally came in the 82nd minute. After good work from Arteta, Lescott crossed for the youngster Dan Gosling, who making his home debut, to finish coolly and wrap the game up for the Blues. Check back later this evening for a full match report.
Summary by Ian Phillips
Brian Carrol’s view (Lumbo from the FE forums):
“Good to see Everton record their second victory during the Christmas period. Arteta’s good form since moving into the centre of midfield continued when he scored a 25 yard screamer after 12 minutes. It went from bad to worse for Sunderland after Arteta’s free-kick rebounds off the wall and his second shot takes a big deflection off Noseworthy to beat Fulop. 2-0 to the blues. Everton’s dominance of the first have resulted in 62 percentage possession in the first half. There was only one side in it. I was pleased with the performance and effort the players showed on this chilly seasonal afternoon.
The second half continued with Everton running the midfield, winning every knockdown and reducing Sunderland to spectators. Substitute Dan Gosling who replaced Osman tapped in a third in the closing stages after a cross from Lescott for his first goal for the club. After that it was time to give Cahill a rest and for Jutkiewicz to make his first team debut. Everton remain in 6th and only three points behind Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester United. I am pleased we are in such a strong position going into the new year considering our start, I just wonder if we’d won even a few of those home games where we would be…”
Excellent summary and I fully agree with Brian on this one. His last sentence “I just wonder if we’d won even a few of those home games where we would be” I agree with totally. I think we would be around the top top fighting for the championship. January in a few days we’ll see who we bring in.