Mikel Arteta received polite applause from the Gwladys Street end before and after kick-off, but not what he needed most on his return to Goodison Park. Arsenal showed a little fighting spirit, while keeping 11 men on the pitch, but precious little quality as their miserable form extended to seven Premier League games without a win. Everton ascended to second without having to shine.
Yerry Mina sealed a third win in a week for Carlo Ancelotti’s team with a towering header on the stroke of half-time after Pépé’s penalty had cancelled out Rob Holding’s unfortunate own goal. The Colombia international was one of several impressive performers in royal blue, along with Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Ben Godfrey and Abdoulaye Doucouré, and this was a hard-fought victory confirmed by Jordan Pickford’s crucial late save from Bukayo Saka. But that was a rare intervention from the Everton goalkeeper.
Written by Andy Hunter at Goodison Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/19/everton-arsenal-premier-league-match-report under the title “Everton sink Arsenal as Yerry Mina header piles pressure on Arteta”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
