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Premier League news: Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes as Burnley hold Carlo Ancelotti's Everton

Enis Koylu

Updated 05/12/2020 at 14:50 GMT

Premier League, Turf Moor: Burnley 1 (Brady 3') Everton 1 (Calvert-Lewin 45+3')

Dominic Calvert-Lewin of Everton celebrates with teammate Richarlison after scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Burnley and Everton at Turf Moor

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Everton's patchy Premier League form continued as Carlo Ancelotti's side were held to a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor by a struggling Burnley side.
Burnley started the match fantastically, with Allan pressed off the ball just outside his own box. It broke to Robbie Brady, who drove a shot past Jordan Pickford's outstretched hands and into the bottom corner.
As time grew on, Everton began to grow into the game with Alex Iwobi particularly influential and finding space on the right. Dominic Calvert-Lewin got onto the end of one of his crosses and forced a fine save from Nick Pope.
On the stroke of half-time they had their equaliser. Allan dispossessed Josh Brownhill and fed Richarlison, whose left-footed pass found Calvert-Lewin and the striker's excellent goalscoring form continued.
After the break both Pickford and Pope made fine saves to deny Chris Wood (twice) and James Rodriguez, and neither side were able to force a winner and take home all three points.

TALKING POINT - All square in the battle of the goalkeepers

Gareth Southgate was in attendance and the performances of Jordan Pickford and Nick Pope will have given him something to think about. Pickford is the man in possession of the No 1 jersey for England but is coming under pressure from Pope after some gaffes earlier this season. This match could easily have been won by either side today but both shot-stoppers made some excellent saves to deny the likes of Chris Wood, James Rodriguez and Calvert-Lewin. Southgate will have been encouraged that his two men both performed well but none the wiser as to who will be his first choice when Euro 2020 finally kicks off next summer.

MAN OF THE MATCH - Ben Godfrey (Everton)

Everton started this game with three centre-backs and wing backs but the early injury suffered by Delph forced Carlo Ancelotti into an early change. Ben Godfrey was forced to play as a left-back in a back four and performed well out of position. In the early stages of the match, Burnley attacked well down the right and Matthew Lowton looked lively coming forward from defence but the switch in formation actually settled things down for Everton and Godfrey deserves considerable credit for doing well out of position.
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PLAYER RATINGS

Burnley: Pope 7, Lowton 7, Tarkowski 6, Mee 6, Taylor 6, Brady 7, Westwood 7, Brownhill 6, McNeil 5, Wood 7, Rodriguez 6. Subs: Barnes N/A, Benson N/A
Everton: Pickford 7, Godfrey 7, Mina 6, Keane 7, Iwobi 7, Doucoure 6, Allan 5, Delph 6, James 7, Calvert-Lewin 7, Richarlison 7. Subs: Gomes 7, Sigurdsson N/A, Tosun N/A

KEY MOMENTS

3' GOAL!!!!!!!!!! Burnley take the lead! Everton get caught out playing out from the back, with Allan dawdling on the ball, and Brady fizzes in a fine right-footed effort from just outside the box into the bottom corner.
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Burnley's Irish midfielder Robbie Brady (L) celebrates scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Everton at Turf Moor

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14' WHAT A SAVE! Iwobi is in space on the right and he puts in a delicious ball to the near post. Calvert-Lewin sticks out a boot to divert it goalwards but Pope makes a save from point blank range. He's just kept his team ahead here.
41' Great save! Pickford has kept the score at 1-0 with an excellent stop. Chris Wood uses his body well to bring down a long ball from Pope and plays a give and go but Pickford is off his line quickly to save a certain goal.
45+3' GOAL!!!! Everton have struck back in added time! Allan wins it from Westwood and feeds Richarlison. The Brazilian drills a cross into the six-yard box and Calvert-Lewin gets between the two centre-backs to steer it into the net.
51' SAVE! Everton have made a fine start to this half. Iwobi drives forward and Doucoure feeds his pass into the path of James, who bends one and Pope makes an excellent save.
82' SAVE! Calvert-Lewin beats the offside trap to latch onto a through ball from Richarlison but Pope is off his line quickly to make the block.
84' WHAT A SAVE! Wood meets a corner and heads it goalwards. It looks like it's nestling in the back of the net but Pickford makes the save.
90+1' Another fine save! James plays a fantastically weight ball into the path of Sigurdsson, who tries to drive it into the bottom corner but Pope sticks out a boot to deny him.

KEY STATS

  • Robbie Brady's goal was his first in 368 days
  • Everton are without a clean sheet in their last 10 Premier League games
  • This is the first time these two teams have drawn in the Premier League
  • This was Sean Dyche's 200th game as a Premier League manager
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