Everton’s poor run within the Premier League continued on Sunday night as they misplaced 1-0 at house to Wolves.
Conor Coady was the unlikely hero as Wolves saved their European hopes alive at Goodison Park, transferring inside two factors of the Premier League top-six.
Frank Lampard’s males got here into the match on the again of a humiliating 5-0 defeat towards Tottenham Hotspur, and have been unfortunate to not have taken early lead when Richarlison raced by means of clear on aim, solely to be thwarted by Wolves keeper José Sá at his close to publish.
The guests began the second half on the entrance foot, they usually deservedly took the lead within the forty ninth minute when Coady powered a bullet header previous Jordan Pickford from a terrific Ruben Neves supply.
Wolves almost doubled their lead 5 minutes later when Jiménez related with a João Moutinho free-kick, however the Mexican’s effort drifted narrowly huge of the right-hand publish.
The Toffees’ hopes of getting a late comeback have been dashed when Jonjoe Kenny was dismissed for a second bookable offense after a slipshod problem on Jiménez with 12 minutes to go.
Ultimately, the guests held on for the win that retains them inside touching distance of the top-six.
Everton, however, stay within the backside half of the desk and are staring relegation within the eye.
In one other match that modified the outlook of the relegation battle, Watford picked a hard-earned 2-1 win over Southampton to spice up their slim hopes of serving the minimize.
Cucho Hernández’s scored a first-half double that earned his aspect most factors which additionally noticed the ‘Hornets’ finish their seven-match winless run towards the Saints.
Mohamed Elyounoussi scored the comfort for the hosts, who have been removed from their finest as they misplaced a 3rd consecutive Premier League match.
Watford moved stage on factors with Everton, however the Toffees have three matches at hand.
At Elland Highway, Joe Gelhardt scored a stoppage-time winner as Leeds United beat Norwich 2-1 in one more relegation battle.
The win was Jesse Marsch’s first in control of the Whites, bringing an finish to their six-match winless run.
Rodrigo gave the hosts a 10-minute lead, however the Canaries scored within the 91st minute to drag his aspect stage.
Norwich thought they’d taken a hard-earned level, just for Gelhardt to attain the winner that boosted their hopes of survival.
Listed below are the times’ outcomes;
- Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle
- Everton 0-1 Wolves
- Leeds 2-1 Norwich
- Southampton 1-2 Watford
- West Ham 2-1 Aston Villa
