In a shower of goals, Everton beat Tottenham 5-4 and eliminated them from the FA Cup

On the one hand Everton from Carlo Ancelotti and the other Tottenham of José Mourinho. On paper, technicians who are not offensive and who seek to close a game with the completion of a single goal. In the preview of the clash for the round of 16 of the FA Cup, some thought that the lawsuit was going to invite a nap, but those who saw the match were very awake due to the emotions in a vibrant 5 to 4 that was defined in overtime and decreed the elimination for those of Mou.

No one kept anything and this Wednesday the papers were burned. Since the start of the clash, the cast of Ancelotti he had an aggressive attitude to go looking for the result, but it was Mou’s team that hit first.

For the fifth round of the traditional English competition, at Goodison Park the Colombian defender Dávinson Sánchez opened the scoring for the visit. However, the homeowner turned it around with so many of Dominic Calvert-Lewin (36 ′), the Brazilian Richarlison (38 ′) and Icelandic Gylfi Sigurdsson (43 ′). Before finishing the first stage, in minute 48, the Argentine Erik Lamela discounted for the whole of the British capital after a nice definition of left-handed.

In the complement, Sánchez himself (57 ‘) appeared to tie the score. Richarlison again put the team up Ancelotti (68 ′) and with seven minutes remaining, the English scorer, Harry Kane, re-matched the actions, forcing the lawsuit to be defined in overtime. It was there when the Brazilian Bernard (97 ′), put the final 5 to 4 in a spectacular game.

It was a full head-to-head game and the two teams never gave any sign of wanting to go to penalties to define the winner. The process was intense and at times of great vertigo with exits against both sides. The ticket to the next phase was taken by Everton, which in the FA Cup quarterfinals will face Sheffield United, which with a goal from Billy Sharp beat Bristol City 1-0 in the English Second Division. It will be the continuity of the historic English competition that is 149 years old.

It should be remembered that in the Premier League Everton is seventh with 37 points, one more than Tottenham that follows it in the table, where Manchester City looks at everyone from above with 50 points. The team that leads Pep Guardiola they will face Tottenham on the next home date, and Everton, for their part, will return to play in their stadium, but against Fulham, who are 17th in the standings and fight not to be relegated.

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