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Everton 1-1 Leicester City: Richarlison scores late to earn hosts precious point

By Alistair MagowanBBC Sport at Goodison Park

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Richarlison
Richarlison has now scored eight goals this season, with seven in the Premier League

Everton manager Frank Lampard says he hopes Dele Alli's role in the late draw with Leicester can be "a big starting point for him" after his January move from Tottenham.

The midfielder has yet to start a game under Lampard, but came off the bench after 58 minutes to help turn the game Everton's way and the 26-year-old played a part in Richarlison's stoppage-time equaliser.

The draw lifted Everton four points clear of 18th-placed Burnley, who host Southampton on Thursday.

Everton had suffered a nightmare start to the game when Harvey Barnes turned in James Maddison's cross early on.

But after substitutes Alli and Salomon Rondon helped the hosts get a foothold in the game, the pair had a hand in Richarlison's eighth goal of the season, which earned a crucial point for Everton before matches against Liverpool and Chelsea.

Lampard said Alli had deserved his chance in the side after being "absolutely spot on" in training over the last two weeks.

"It's not easy to demand from players that are not playing so much to come in and show your manager you deserve a chance but he's done that," Lampard added.

"I was really pleased with [the part he played in the goal] and hopefully that can be a big starting point for him.

"I don't think the story was ever going to be simple with Dele. We all know the situation when it comes to how the last two or three seasons have looked and that high, high level of player that he reached for a big period of time at Tottenham.

"So I don't think it was a case of things being simple and sometimes you have to work and fight through things and we're in that process with him."

The draw denied Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers a first win at Goodison Park, and it wasted a good start for the visitors, who also squandered several good chances towards the end via Maddison.

The Foxes have already reached a Europa Conference League semi-final this season, but they now sit 11 points behind seventh-placed West Ham, who have played two more games.

Lampard 'happy' with spirit shown by Everton

A draw that felt like a win

Everton could not turn successive home victories into a third, but after a poor first half, this will feel as good as a win.

Without Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who suffered a training-ground injury that could keep him out for two weeks, their front three of Richarlison, Demarai Gray and Anthony Gordon struggled to link together.

Gordon's passing and set-piece delivery was particularly woeful, but once Rondon came on to provide a focal point to the attack, and Alli offered some assistance to the impressive Alex Iwobi, the game began to take a different path.

The early goal and dominance by Leicester led to a subdued atmosphere in the first half where despite Richarlison's miscued shot, the home fans were not lifted off their seats until just before the break when Gray fired inches wide from a clever corner.

Leicester had already gone close when Seamus Coleman tackled Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall before the Foxes took the lead.

Leicester 'close to being back to our level' - Rodgers

With Rodgers making seven changes to the side that lost at Newcastle on Sunday, the visitors were able to cut through the Everton defence easily. Dewsbury-Hall and Maddison both caused problems for the Everton defence, who had Yerry Mina back for the first time since February following a hamstring injury.

By contrast, Fabian Delph and Allan were ponderous in midfield with only Iwobi providing the thrust that Everton and their fans craved. But that soon changed in the second half as Alli came on to replace Allan.

Unfortunately for the hosts, Gordon's passing was still off, and Richarlison, who had scored only three goals since the turn of the year, wasted another chance after good work by Rondon and a free header from a corner.

As Everton pressed for an equaliser, gaps opened up for Leicester to exploit and Maddison went close three times.

That ultimately proved costly as Richarlison and his team's persistence earned a crucial point to keep Lampard's side on the right side of the drop zone, regardless of Thursday's results.

Player of the match

BarnesHarvey Barnes

with an average of 7.20

Everton

  1. Squad number36Player nameAlli
    Average rating

    5.39

  2. Squad number33Player nameRondón
    Average rating

    5.22

  3. Squad number24Player nameGordon
    Average rating

    5.15

  4. Squad number7Player nameRicharlison
    Average rating

    5.11

  5. Squad number19Player nameMykolenko
    Average rating

    5.09

  6. Squad number23Player nameColeman
    Average rating

    5.05

  7. Squad number11Player nameGray
    Average rating

    4.93

  8. Squad number17Player nameIwobi
    Average rating

    4.87

  9. Squad number22Player nameGodfrey
    Average rating

    4.86

  10. Squad number13Player nameMina
    Average rating

    4.83

  11. Squad number8Player nameDelph
    Average rating

    4.80

  12. Squad number6Player nameAllan
    Average rating

    4.73

  13. Squad number1Player namePickford
    Average rating

    4.62

Leicester City

  1. Squad number7Player nameBarnes
    Average rating

    7.20

  2. Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-Hall
    Average rating

    7.11

  3. Squad number10Player nameMaddison
    Average rating

    7.02

  4. Squad number3Player nameFofana
    Average rating

    6.84

  5. Squad number1Player nameSchmeichel
    Average rating

    6.81

  6. Squad number6Player nameEvans
    Average rating

    6.68

  7. Squad number27Player nameCastagne
    Average rating

    6.61

  8. Squad number24Player nameMendy
    Average rating

    6.61

  9. Squad number8Player nameTielemans
    Average rating

    6.58

  10. Squad number14Player nameIheanacho
    Average rating

    6.55

  11. Squad number21Player nameRicardo Pereira
    Average rating

    6.54

  12. Squad number37Player nameLookman
    Average rating

    6.32

  13. Squad number29Player nameDaka
    Average rating

    5.99

  14. Squad number18Player nameAmartey
    Average rating

    5.68

Line-ups

Everton

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Pickford
  • 23Coleman
  • 13MinaBooked at 80mins
  • 22Godfrey
  • 19Mykolenko
  • 6AllanSubstituted forAlliat 58'minutesBooked at 86mins
  • 8Delph
  • 17Iwobi
  • 24Gordon
  • 7RicharlisonBooked at 75mins
  • 11GraySubstituted forRondónat 66'minutesBooked at 90mins

Substitutes

  • 2Kenny
  • 4Holgate
  • 5Keane
  • 15Begovic
  • 16Doucouré
  • 21André Gomes
  • 30van de Beek
  • 33Rondón
  • 36Alli

Leicester

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1SchmeichelBooked at 90mins
  • 21Ricardo Pereira
  • 3Fofana
  • 6Evans
  • 27Castagne
  • 24MendySubstituted forAmarteyat 83'minutes
  • 8Tielemans
  • 10Maddison
  • 22Dewsbury-Hall
  • 7BarnesSubstituted forLookmanat 67'minutes
  • 14IheanachoSubstituted forDakaat 77'minutesBooked at 90mins

Substitutes

  • 2Justin
  • 4Söyüncü
  • 11Albrighton
  • 12Ward
  • 17Pérez
  • 18Amartey
  • 20Choudhury
  • 29Daka
  • 37Lookman
Referee:
David Coote
Attendance:
39,153

Match Stats

Home TeamEvertonAway TeamLeicester
Possession
Home37%
Away63%
Shots
Home13
Away11
Shots on Target
Home3
Away3
Corners
Home5
Away4
Fouls
Home8
Away17

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Everton 1, Leicester City 1.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Everton 1, Leicester City 1.

  3. Post update

    Corner, Everton. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.

  4. Booking

    Patson Daka (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.

  5. Post update

    Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).

  6. Post update

    Yerry Mina (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  7. Booking

    Salomón Rondón (Everton) is shown the yellow card.

  8. Booking

    Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.

  9. Goal!

    Goal! Everton 1, Leicester City 1. Richarlison (Everton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Salomón Rondón.

  10. Post update

    Foul by Ademola Lookman (Leicester City).

  11. Post update

    Yerry Mina (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  12. Post update

    Attempt missed. Richarlison (Everton) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Vitalii Mykolenko with a cross following a set piece situation.

  13. Post update

    Foul by James Maddison (Leicester City).

  14. Post update

    Anthony Gordon (Everton) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  15. Post update

    Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (Everton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Gordon with a cross following a corner.

  16. Post update

    Corner, Everton. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.

  17. Booking

    Dele Alli (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  18. Post update

    James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  19. Post update

    Foul by Dele Alli (Everton).

  20. Post update

    Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Fabian Delph.

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484 comments

  • Comment posted by nhughes, at 22:09 20 Apr

    I'm a Red but I desperately hope Everton stay up (from a family of largely Blues), they're a great club - a nutty owner aside - with great fans, community work and history. I'd love it if they got back to the quality they had in the eighties (from my dad's stories) and challenge for silverware.

    So long as Goodison remains a fortress, pick up a point on the road here & there, they're safe.

    • Reply posted by NickB57, at 22:22 20 Apr

      NickB57 replied:
      Thank you nhughes

  • Comment posted by Dannyboy, at 21:54 20 Apr

    Conceding yet again in injury time...

    This is getting beyond a joke.

    • Reply posted by X RAY, at 22:55 20 Apr

      X RAY replied:
      Another 2 years, and all this Leicester hype will be long gone. Drawing away to Everton will be back to being an achievement .Your striker may well start advertising crisps and talking in riddles on second rate football shows.🦊💩

  • Comment posted by Watsit, at 21:53 20 Apr

    Leicester have skilful players but they lack football intelligence; they have no nous. Yet again they throw a game away in the last minute.

    • Reply posted by videoman, at 05:34 21 Apr

      videoman replied:
      I think they've thrown TWENTY NINE points away from winning positions this season!! Just imagine claiming just half of those points! Where would we be?? 😠

  • Comment posted by MJF_dodo, at 21:54 20 Apr

    I’m glad we got a point but I don’t think it will be enough. We needed to win that game. The next fixtures are brutal.
    We keep playing without a striker. Richarlison scores most of his goals when he has a striker to play around. He rarely scores when he is on his own up front.
    Rondon is not great but will take the pressure and hopefully allow others the space to be more effective.

    • Reply posted by FORTHKNUCKLE, at 23:27 20 Apr

      FORTHKNUCKLE replied:
      Burnley have the easier games but no one at the helm so totally unpredictable

  • Comment posted by Lets Agree To Disagree, at 21:51 20 Apr

    Despite this draw, Everton have the look of and plays like a team on the verge of relegation. Fortunately for them, there are three teams who are even worst than Everton and they will be the ones that will save Everton from relegation.

  • Comment posted by John Leicester, at 21:50 20 Apr

    Another 2nd half TACTICAL disaster from Brendan Rodgers

    • Reply posted by Shyfox, at 23:00 20 Apr

      Shyfox replied:
      Totally agree? Sick of him

  • Comment posted by truckered1959, at 22:00 20 Apr

    For F*cks sake not again. ! !

    • Reply posted by Mr and Mrs Banks, at 08:18 21 Apr

      Mr and Mrs Banks replied:
      You mean “For Fox Sake?”

  • Comment posted by sheffox, at 21:53 20 Apr

    Leicester, the gift that keeps giving. Newcastle 95th min , Everton 92nd min. Oh well its good to help out those less fortunate. 😂

    • Reply posted by they dont like it up em, at 21:57 20 Apr

      they dont like it up em replied:
      Also 2 late goals conceded in injury time v Spurs 😳

  • Comment posted by factsonlyblue, at 22:15 20 Apr

    Leicester fans complaining on here, you're as deluded as utd fans, cup winners last year, top ten this year and semis in Europe, what the hell do you expect?

    • Reply posted by Towelie, at 22:32 20 Apr

      Towelie replied:
      We've had about half a dozen games just in 2022 where we have thrown points away in injury time and we even managed to lose a game we were winning in injury time.

      All perspective and we know as well as anyone else how bad relegation is but we could easily be 2-3 places higher if we didn't keep trying to see out slender leads when we clearly cannot do it!

  • Comment posted by Diatribe, at 21:51 20 Apr

    Phew! We were lucky tonight. Desperately sluggish at the start of the game. We'll need plenty of luck for the rest of the season if we're going to stay up.

    • Reply posted by Sport Report, at 21:59 20 Apr

      Sport Report replied:
      It would be funny if Everton got relegated, but I'd prefer Burnley to go down

  • Comment posted by midnightrun, at 21:56 20 Apr

    I support Liverpool but I'm hoping Everton stay up. Of course I hope we batter them on Sunday but also hope they get enough points overall to stay up 🤣

    • Reply posted by vulnerable , at 22:00 20 Apr

      vulnerable replied:
      Because if they went down and you lost the title next season by at least 4pts, then how would you feel 😁

  • Comment posted by baz21, at 00:55 21 Apr

    Just got back from the match and as an Evertonian,relieved to pick up a point, Everton were woeful the first half, were there for the taking, yet I just could not fathom out Leicester running down the clock in the first and second half, time wasting, after dominating for large parts of the game,instead of pushing on at pace to get a second goal, allowed Everton back in it.

    • Reply posted by John Leicester, at 01:14 21 Apr

      John Leicester replied:
      Completely agree, but that's the TACTICAL ingenuity of Brendan Rodgers, our MASTER tactician, who seems hell-bent on ruining everything that's been built at the club over the last DECADE.

  • Comment posted by donners, at 22:03 20 Apr

    At least 3 defeats coming up...fingers crossed but eyes firmly shut...You'll find me hiding behind the couch for the next few weeks!

    • Reply posted by reason1, at 23:33 20 Apr

      reason1 replied:
      What you haven’t been already? It’s football, it’s Everton, anything can happen. Keep the faith coyb

  • Comment posted by We are just checking this comment, at 22:07 20 Apr

    Everton......dragging the rancid carcass of this once great club agonisingly and painfully away from the relegation zone....one point at a time. The suffering is hard to watch. If they were a horse they'd be put out of their misery. It'd be the kindest thing and a blessed relief.

    • Reply posted by St Domingo, at 22:50 20 Apr

      St Domingo replied:
      You are talking about a football club playing in the top flight week on week out - providing paid entertainment - right?
      The world is still turning and there is always another game can't all be chocolate every day
      The football cliche holds you are only as good as your next game
      The RS next COYB⚽

  • Comment posted by pompey_fritter, at 23:37 20 Apr

    Good old Brendan. Everton wouldn't have scored if they'd played till midnight, so we gave them a chance by taking off the superb Mendy and bringing on Amartey who's played most of the season in the back four, not front of it. And of course the gaps opened up for Everton to exploit.

    • Reply posted by Rupert, at 07:04 21 Apr

      Rupert replied:
      Amartey improved defensively...terrible as a ball player..no confidence

  • Comment posted by Don-t tell him Pike, at 22:10 20 Apr

    Leicester need to look into hiring a new defensive coach. Yes, we’ve had injuries, but a period of woeful set piece defending, and defending leads way too deep leading to inevitable late goals, has cost us a place in Europe.

    • Reply posted by Uberti, at 22:19 20 Apr

      Uberti replied:
      What? I suppose you'll be saying they should keep Rodgers next......the man is clueless, utterly clueless.

  • Comment posted by lcfc93, at 22:04 20 Apr

    Absolute joke how long can this continue with bodgers at the helm.

    • Reply posted by cotteekid, at 22:07 20 Apr

      cotteekid replied:
      You lot have had your 15 minutes of fame ....

  • Comment posted by vulnerable , at 21:57 20 Apr

    Put radio on for final 20mins, not an easy listen phew! (Posted by Everton fan)