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Dwight McNeil's extremity was Everton's quickest of the seasonDwight McNeil's extremity aft 35 seconds earned Everton a priceless triumph implicit Brentford and moved them retired of the Premier League relegation places.
The Toffees started the time 18th but capitalised connected teams astir them failing to win, leaping 2 points and 3 places supra the driblet zone.
McNeil's delightful onslaught with the archetypal onslaught of the crippled gave the hosts the cleanable start, rasping a decorativeness crossed extremity which nestled into the acold corner.
Buoyed by a vocal crowd, the location broadside were swarming each implicit the Bees and created overmuch the amended chances with Demarai Gray seeing a 2nd extremity ruled retired for handball by VAR.
Brentford looked to salvage thing from the crippled but were not astatine their best, Ethan Pinnock having a header cleared disconnected the enactment by McNeil and Kevin Schade heading wide astatine the acold station arsenic their 12-match unbeaten tally ended.
Battling Toffees fixed hope
Manager Sean Dyche said "every" league crippled is present a must-win arsenic helium looks to sphere Everton's top-flight status.
But aft seeing Bournemouth bushed Liverpool earlier connected Saturday, past Nottingham Forest, Leicester and Leeds each dropping points astir them, the Toffees needed a win.
A gritty, battling show allowed them to clasp connected to McNeil's first-minute extremity to cod their 3rd triumph successful 7 games since Dyche's assignment successful January.
After 26 games this play Everton had 22 points, identical to the aforesaid signifier nether Frank Lampard past word erstwhile the erstwhile Chelsea brag guided them to safety.
Five victories successful their remaining games was capable connected that occasion, and present they person existent anticipation of doing the aforesaid nether the ex-Burnley manager - with Dyche's erstwhile Clarets subordinate McNeil the match-winner astatine Goodison Park.
Everton should person been retired of show but Michael Keane headed wide erstwhile the extremity was gaping aft beating David Raya to the ball, portion Amadou Onana screwed implicit from 8 yards with the extremity astatine his mercy.
The lively Gray - who was unlucky to person a extremity chalked disconnected - saw a debased changeable saved by Raya and the Brentford goalkeeper besides kept retired Alex Iwobi's close-range effort from the resulting corner.
Thomas Frank's broadside past mislaid successful the Premier League backmost successful October but were 2nd champion for ample periods arsenic their tally came to an end.
Striker Ivan Toney was good shackled by Everton's centre-halves, portion Rico Henry had a header blocked connected the enactment by Seamus Coleman.
With the visitors successful hopeless hunt of an equaliser keeper Raya trotted upfield successful wounded time, but sent a escaped header from 10 yards past the post.
Player of the match
McNeilDwight McNeil
with an mean of 7.35
Everton
Squad number7Player nameMcNeil
Squad number23Player nameColeman
Squad number2Player nameTarkowski
Squad number19Player nameMykolenko
Squad number11Player nameGray
Squad number16Player nameDoucouré
Squad number22Player nameGodfrey
Squad number17Player nameIwobi
Squad number27Player nameGueye
Squad number8Player nameOnana
Squad number1Player namePickford
Squad number5Player nameKeane
Squad number20Player nameMaupay
Squad number26Player nameDavies
Brentford
Squad number17Player nameToney
Squad number1Player nameRaya
Squad number2Player nameHickey
Squad number16Player nameMee
Squad number8Player nameJensen
Squad number24Player nameDamsgaard
Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
Squad number6Player nameNørgaard
Squad number3Player nameHenry
Squad number27Player nameJanelt
Squad number5Player namePinnock
Squad number11Player nameWissa
Squad number9Player nameSchade
Squad number10Player nameDasilva
Squad number15Player nameOnyeka
Squad number14Player nameGhoddos
Line-ups
Everton
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Pickford
- 23ColemanBooked astatine 61mins
- 5Keane
- 2Tarkowski
- 22Godfrey
- 17IwobiSubstituted forMykolenkoat 90+2'minutes
- 16DoucouréBooked astatine 71mins
- 27Gueye
- 8OnanaSubstituted forDaviesat 80'minutes
- 7McNeil
- 11GraySubstituted forMaupayat 86'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Holgate
- 13Mina
- 15Begovic
- 19Mykolenko
- 20Maupay
- 26Davies
- 30Coady
- 37Garner
- 50Simms
Brentford
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Raya
- 2HickeySubstituted forWissaat 74'minutes
- 5Pinnock
- 16Mee
- 3HenrySubstituted forGhoddosat 87'minutes
- 27Janelt
- 6NørgaardBooked astatine 45minsSubstituted forOnyekaat 74'minutes
- 8JensenSubstituted forSchadeat 62'minutes
- 19Mbeumo
- 17Toney
- 24DamsgaardSubstituted forDasilvaat 62'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Schade
- 10Dasilva
- 11Wissa
- 14Ghoddos
- 15Onyeka
- 18Jansson
- 20Ajer
- 26Baptiste
- 34Cox
Live Text
Match ends, Everton 1, Brentford 0.
Second Half ends, Everton 1, Brentford 0.
Foul by Yoane Wissa (Brentford).
Séamus Coleman (Everton) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt missed. David Raya (Brentford) header from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by Vitaliy Mykolenko.
Substitution, Everton. Vitaliy Mykolenko replaces Alex Iwobi.
Foul by Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford).
Abdoulaye Doucouré (Everton) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Offside, Brentford. Ivan Toney tries a done ball, but Yoane Wissa is caught offside.
Corner, Brentford. Conceded by James Tarkowski.
Attempt blocked. Josh Dasilva (Brentford) close footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is blocked. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo.
Frank Onyeka (Brentford) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Dwight McNeil (Everton).
Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Rico Henry.
Substitution, Everton. Neal Maupay replaces Demarai Gray.
Foul by Rico Henry (Brentford).
Tom Davies (Everton) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Offside, Everton. Idrissa Gueye tries a done ball, but Abdoulaye Doucouré is caught offside.
Foul by Josh Dasilva (Brentford).
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