Wigan 1-1 Everton
By Rhys Lewis
February 1 2006
Everton came away from the JJB Stadium with a 1-1 draw and Duncan Ferguson suspended for 3 matches after he was sent off for striking Paul Scharner in the stomach. Everton took the lead through a David Thompson own goal and Wigan equalised through Paul Scharner.
February 1 2006
Everton came away from the JJB Stadium with a 1-1 draw and Duncan Ferguson suspended for 3 matches after he was sent off for striking Paul Scharner in the stomach. Everton took the lead through a David Thompson own goal and Wigan equalised through Paul Scharner.
Everton started the game very well, looking extremely lively and it was no surprise when they took the lead after 9 minutes. It came after some good work from the hard working James McFadden and Tim Cahill when McFadden drove at the Wigan defence before playing in Cahill whose shot fell to Leon Osman only for Thompson to put the ball into his own net.
Everton continued to dominate nearly doubled the lead moments later. Mikel Arteta caught the Wigan defence asleep with a clever pass to Osman whose cross found McFadden in space only for the young Scot to shoot straight at Pollitt when he should have scored. Everton nearly scored an absolutely sensational goal, it came from the type of move that you would normally only see from one of the top sides. It involved some trickery from McFadden and some terrific skill from Osman resulting in McFadden’s shot being saved only for Tim Cahill’s effort to be ruled out for offside.
Wigan were very lucky to go into the break on level terms. The Everton defence failed to clear a free kick and Scharner smashed the ball home past Richard Wright who was in goal because of an injury to Nigel Martyn. Wigan nearly took the lead straight from the restart. A ball over the top caught out David Weir and Jason Roberts should have lobbed the oncoming Wright.
The second half saw Wigan in control for most of it. Everton’s best chance of the half was a left footed shot from Mikel Arteta, which was smartly saved by Pollitt in the Wigan goal. The closest Wigan came to a goal was a header from Arjen de Zeeuw, which went agonisingly close to going into the top corner. With the game seemingly fading into a tame end David Moyes brought on Duncan Ferguson to liven things up, it worked in more ways than one.
Firstly his height and presence caused problems for the Wigan defence; his nod down resulted in Tim Cahill’s half volley from 25 yards going wide. However the bad side of Ferguson came out once again minutes later. Scharner provoked Ferguson, who stupidly reacted by striking the Austrian in the stomach. Ferguson left the terrible Mike Dean with no choice but to send him off. Ferguson has also left Moyes no choice when it comes to strikers for the game against Manchester City on Saturday seeing as James McFadden is currently the only available first team striker for that game. Mike Dean then lost control of the game and then sent off Jason Roberts a minute later for elbowing David Weir.
A 1-1 draw was a fair result but in truth it was a poor game.
Everton continued to dominate nearly doubled the lead moments later. Mikel Arteta caught the Wigan defence asleep with a clever pass to Osman whose cross found McFadden in space only for the young Scot to shoot straight at Pollitt when he should have scored. Everton nearly scored an absolutely sensational goal, it came from the type of move that you would normally only see from one of the top sides. It involved some trickery from McFadden and some terrific skill from Osman resulting in McFadden’s shot being saved only for Tim Cahill’s effort to be ruled out for offside.
Wigan were very lucky to go into the break on level terms. The Everton defence failed to clear a free kick and Scharner smashed the ball home past Richard Wright who was in goal because of an injury to Nigel Martyn. Wigan nearly took the lead straight from the restart. A ball over the top caught out David Weir and Jason Roberts should have lobbed the oncoming Wright.
The second half saw Wigan in control for most of it. Everton’s best chance of the half was a left footed shot from Mikel Arteta, which was smartly saved by Pollitt in the Wigan goal. The closest Wigan came to a goal was a header from Arjen de Zeeuw, which went agonisingly close to going into the top corner. With the game seemingly fading into a tame end David Moyes brought on Duncan Ferguson to liven things up, it worked in more ways than one.
Firstly his height and presence caused problems for the Wigan defence; his nod down resulted in Tim Cahill’s half volley from 25 yards going wide. However the bad side of Ferguson came out once again minutes later. Scharner provoked Ferguson, who stupidly reacted by striking the Austrian in the stomach. Ferguson left the terrible Mike Dean with no choice but to send him off. Ferguson has also left Moyes no choice when it comes to strikers for the game against Manchester City on Saturday seeing as James McFadden is currently the only available first team striker for that game. Mike Dean then lost control of the game and then sent off Jason Roberts a minute later for elbowing David Weir.
A 1-1 draw was a fair result but in truth it was a poor game.
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