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A depleted Everton side defeat Nottingham Forest in an impressive 2-0 effort. Here’s how its happened. [RBM]
Watch the highlights below.
“It was an amazing performance
by the players. We came here with quite a bit of trepidation because we have got eight players out at the moment – thirty percent of our squad just about out. And a lot of them, everybody will know, are starters in the team as well. So, the credit should go to the boys who came in and done the job today ,” says David Moyes. [EFC]
Hear more from goalscorers James Garner and Thierno Barry. [EFC]
Blues continue to be linked with 28-year-old Roma striker Artem Dovbyk. [GiveMeSport via Sky Sports]
Under-18s set to face off against West Ham in FA Youth Cup action on Friday, January 16th. [EFC]
Tottenham have agreed a transfer fee with Crystal Palace for winger Brennan Johnson with Everton amongst the interested teams.
Looks like we’ll be seeing Harrison Armstrong back very soon.
Moyes was very pleased with both his goalscorers yesterday.
On Garner: “He was fantastic tonight, he really was. Coming back to his old club, I thought he played really well – but he has for a while. He’s playing so well for us and he’s taken on a bit more responsibility, a bit more of the leadership, so he’s really matured.”
On Barry: “You should see my relief when he scored as well! He’s getting better, doing a lot of things we like. We hope he can keep getting the goals.”
And on looking up the table: “We’d like to get ourselves in there [near the European places], maybe later in the season. We need to try and keep pushing on but we need to get some key players back because that will be too difficult to do without them.”
Idrissa Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye led Senegal to a 3-0 win over Benin in their last group game at AFCON. They now progress to the Round of 16 on Saturday. [Foot Africa]
What to Watch
Plenty of AFCON action on today. Happy New Year’s Eve!
Full schedule of games here.
