A workmanlike outing for the skipper, he wasn’t overly troubled by the Reading forwards and comfortably marshalled the defence through the closing stages to protect Everton’s lead.
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Then, with 17 minutes remaining, Deulofeu scored the decisive goal when his 25 yard free-kick squirmed through the hands of Ali Al-Habsi.
The Spaniard is desperate to force himself into Roberto Martinez’s starting line-up and believes he has improved significantly since his loan spell on Merseyside in 2013.
Roberto Martinez has made much of his determination to go far in the Cup, so expect another strong team to be fielded from the boys in blue.
Barkley’s reputation is again returning to the same level presently being experienced by Everton team-mate John Stones, another expected to have a significant future with the England team. When you get lots of changes you get into a little bit of the unknown.
Leicester came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Stoke City. Mirallas will begin his 3 match suspension following his red card on the weekend. So players like Al Habsi, Cox and Piazon could be in line for appearances. But both were culpable for the opening goal.
The only other point of concern surrounded the substitutions and while this squad is certainly the deepest we’ve had in years, the fact we turned to Danny Williams and Garath McCleary for goals off the bench shows that the forward department is still a tad thin.
“I don’t know how many challenges he has had in his career so for this reason he has been a manager for, I don’t remember now, 12/13 seasons and for this reason he’s the best”.
“We were really disappointed with that decision”.
Everton’s result at the Liberty stadium sees them well-placed in sixth position in the Premier League and though they have had a good start to the season, the same can not be said of Mirallas.
“I have been very impressed, not just in training but with the under-21s as well”.
“I don’t think we have a chance to do that”. If that team can produce those moments with such minimal practice and experience behind them, just imagine what a full strength side might be capable of over the next few months, I for one can’t wait.
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