Barkley got the Toffees off to a flier after his set-piece cross drifted through the penalty area and past the despairing dive of Hugo Lloris.
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Matters were made worse for Tottenham when Mauricio Pochettino was forced into a first-half change, with Lloris having to be replaced by Vorm after picking up a hamstring injury, and the former Swansea City man did brilliantly to prevent Deulofeu netting from close-range on the stroke of half-time.
RONALD KOEMAN aimed to avoid one over the eight.
Tom Power is a 28 year old trainee journalist and assistant editor of NSNO. None of his teammates could get a head to it but the Spurs defence failed to intercept the cross which bounced past Lloris and into the open goal. Highlights include all of Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 matches as well as some of the FA Cup and Capital One Cup games to name just few. Register and claim your 100% registration bonus. This was his 700th game, and while the legs are creaking, the brain is as sharp as ever.
This is a big season for Barkley, a player whose confidence dipped badly last term as Roberto Martinez’s reign unravelled.
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At Goodison Park, Spurs were sluggish in the first half and fell behind early on.
Everton’s English midfielder Ross Barkley (R) celebrates.
The two sides were locked in a stalemate, as Idrissa Gueye impressed in the heart of Everton’s midfield throughout as Spurs started to play with a objective and assert control.
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It was Spurs who were looking sluggish, with the likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli – two of five players in the team who, unlike Barkley, had played in England’s humiliating Euro 2016 defeat to Iceland – struggling to make much of an impact.
“We tried to correct the problems we had in the first half”.
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