The Daily Telegraph - 29.08.2019

By Jon Culley at Sincil Bank

Marco Silva said that lessons learnt

from Everton’s FA Cup defeat at

Millwall in January played a part as

they overcome a lively League One

opponent to progress to a third-

round tie at Sheffield Wednesday.

The Premier League team con-

ceded a goal inside the first 20 sec-

onds, recovered to lead 2-1, but

were pegged back again by Lincoln

before two goals in the last 10 min-

utes saw them through. Everton

had beaten Lincoln 2-1 at Goodison

Park last season before coming a

cropper at the Den.

“You have to learn from the bad

moments,” Silva, the manager, said.

“After the fans saw us concede a

goal in the first minute and again

after we had been 2-1 maybe they

became a bit anxious.

“But I want the players to show

their personality in these moments

and we did that as a team.”

Harry Anderson gave Lincoln a

breathtaking start, driving the ball

past Jordan Pickford after 18 sec-

onds. Lucas Digne, with a superb

free-kick from 30 yards, equalised

before half-time and Gylfi Sigurds-

son edged Silva’s side in front from

the penalty spot after 59 minutes.

Bruno Andrade then equalised

for Lincoln with a stunning volley

before Alex Iwobi restored Ever-

ton’s lead in his first start for the

club and Richarlison added a fourth.

Danny Cowley, the Lincoln man-

ager, was proud of his team’s per-

formance, having matched Silva in

making five changes to his line-up.

“They put out a very strong team,

with world-class players, which

showed respect for us after we

played them in the FA Cup last

year,” he said. “We had a moment at

2-2 and didn’t take it, but Everton

had to play at the top of their game

to beat us. Some performances go

well beyond what it says in the win,

draw or loss column and that was

one from my players.”

Lincoln City (4-2-3-1) Smith; Lewis, Bolger, Shackell

(Bostwick 61), Toffolo; O’Connor, Morrell (Eardley 61);

Anderson, Payne (Grant 64), Andrade; Akinde.

Subs Vickers, (g), Chapman, Walker, Sault.

Booked Andrade, Shackell, Anderson, Lewis.

Everton (4-2-3-1) Pickford; Sidibe, Keane, Holgate,

Digne; Schneiderlin, Delph (Calvert-Lewin 74);

Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Iwobi (Walcott 82); Kean (Tosun

74). Subs Stekelenburg (g), Baines, Walcott, Mina,

Gomes. Booked Sigurdsson, Pickford, Richarlison.

Referee Darren Bond (Lancashire).

Sunderland ruin Hart return

and add to Dyche’s cup pain

By John Percy

Matt Doherty is on a mission to

extend his remarkable journey

from the English third tier to the

Europa League group stages with

Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Doherty came into the Wolves

team as a regular in 2013 when the

club were in League One following

two successive relegations. But after

promotion to the Championship un-

der Kenny Jackett, the wing-back

has emerged as a crucial player in

Nuno Espirito Santo’s revolution.

Wolves finished seventh in the

Premier League last season and are

90 minutes from clinching a place

in the Europa League group stages

against Torino tonight.

“It would be unbelievable to

complete the job, considering

where we were a few years ago,”

Doherty said. “It is a huge opportu-

nity for us. We have the lead and we

back ourselves to get through it.”

Wolves secured a 3-2 win in Turin

last week and face the Serie A club at

a sold-out Molineux, where Doherty

insists his side will continue to stick

by their attacking principles. “We

are playing at home so we aren’t

going to play to just preserve the

result as it is,” he said. “That will

probably backfire, so we have to go

and try and win the game.”

Wolves’s Europa League cam-

paign started on July 25 and Nuno

admitted fatigue had started to af-

fect his players after the 1-1 draw

with Burnley on Sunday, but is urg-

ing them to maintain their focus.

“We don’t take last week’s result

into account. We start from zero –

that’s how we approach it,” the head

coach said. “We are really embrac-

ing all the games we have in front of

us. We want to compete and per-

form against Torino. The players

want to raise their game.”

Wolves (probable 3-5-2) Patricio; Vallejo, Coady, Boly;

Doherty, Dendoncker, Saiss, Moutinho, Vinagre; Cutrone,

Jimenez.

Lincoln City

Anderson 1, Andrade 70^2

Everton

Digne 36, Sigurdsson 59 pen, Iwobi 81,^4

Richarlison 88

Att: 9,971

By Richard Jolly at Turf Moor

If it was a comeback to forget for

Joe Hart, it was a sequel with a pre-

dictable plot for Sean Dyche as the

Burnley manager’s dismal record in

the League Cup got even worse.

For the sixth consecutive season,

Burnley were knocked out by

lower-division opponents as Hart’s

belated first appearance of 2019

could be his last, given Dyche’s

reluctance to rotate his squad in the

Premier League.

Dropped after Boxing Day’s 5-1

thrashing by Everton, Hart’s recall

scarcely went any better. Sunder-

land had four shots on target and

even his sole save led to Tom

Flanagan’s goal. But the League

One side deserved a place on the

list of underdogs who have upset

Burnley.

Dyche picked a team that cost

about £60 million and which had a

combined 199 international caps.

He blamed his players for his latest

ignominious exit. “There are no

excuses,” he said. “On paper, that’s a

strong outfit. That is a very experi-

enced group. It’s a head-scratcher

and, unfortunately, in the cups I’ve

probably had too many.”

His decision to make 10 changes

ultimately backfired but it looked

like succeeding when summer

signing Jay Rodriguez scored his

first goal for his hometown club for

seven years with a fine finish from

Matej Vydra’s pass. “We had golden

chances to go two up,” said Dyche

after Aaron Lennon and Vydra

struck each post within seconds.

But Danny Drinkwater’s Burnley

debut took a turn for the worse as

the on-loan midfielder slid in to

inadvertently set up Will Grigg for

the equaliser, ending his 13-game

goal drought.

“I am not really going to question

Drinky. We know he needs football.

He hasn’t played a lot,” said Dyche.

But the man Chelsea paid £35 mil-

lion for two years ago was overrun

by Sunderland’s midfield as Burn-

ley capitulated. Dyche added: “The

first five minutes of the second half

is unacceptable.”

Hart was at fault as he pushed

Lynden Gooch’s shot into the path

of Flanagan, who headed in, before

George Dobson opened his Sunder-

land account after a well-worked

corner routine. “Two poor goals,”

said Dyche, asking why his players

left Dobson unmarked.

Yet Sunderland manager Jack

Ross had much to savour after

the  biggest scalp of his reign. “A

good night for us,” he said. “Our

second-half performance deserved

the win.”

Burnley (4-4-2) Hart; Bardsley (Lowton 78), Long,

Gibson, Taylor; Lennon (Wood 69), Hendrick, Drinkwater,

McNeil; Vydra, Rodriguez. Subs Peacock-Farrell (g), Cork,

Pieters, Dunne, Richardson.

Sunderland (4-2-3-1) Burge; McLaughlin, Baldwin,

Flanagan, Hume; Dobson, McGeouch; Gooch, O’Nien

(Power 87), Embleton; Grigg (Wyke 78). Subs Patterson

(g), Ozturk, Kimpioka, Sammut, Diamond.

Referee Darren England (South Yorkshire).

Silva and Everton learn from past shock

Burnley

Rodriguez 11^1

Sunderland

Grigg 35, Flanagan 47, Dobson 50^3

Att: 7,445

Doherty backs Wolves to complete task

Progress: Matt

Doherty won a

regular place in

the Wolves team

in League One

In brief

FA probes Keogh incident

The Football Association is

launching an investigation into an

alleged scuffle involving Derby

captain Richard Keogh and

Nottingham Forest ground staff. FA

officials have written to both Derby

and Forest for their observations

after Keogh appeared to confront

members of staff following his

team’s 3-0 defeat in the Carabao

Cup on Tuesday. Keogh, an unused

substitute, was warming down

after the final whistle and then had

a confrontation with groundsmen

tending to the City Ground pitch.

The Republic of Ireland

international was later seen

returning to the dressing rooms

and reportedly had blood from

what appeared to be scratch marks

on his neck. Derby and Forest are

also investigating the incident.

O’Neill drops Lafferty

Kyle Lafferty has been left out of

Michael O’Neill’s Northern Ireland

squad for next month’s Euro 2020

qualifier against Germany and the

preceding friendly against

Luxembourg following his move to

Norwegian club Sarpsborg this

week. Liam Donnelly, Northern

Ireland’s most capped under-21

international, is back in the senior

set-up after an impressive start to

the season with Motherwell, while

there is also a return for Ross

County defender Callum Morris.

Isco joins Real injured list

Real Madrid’s injury worries have

continued at the start of the Liga

season with midfielder Isco

suffering a hamstring injury. James

Rodriguez (calf ) and Marco Asensio

(knee) are already sidelined.

The Daily Telegraph Thursday 29 August 2019 ** 9
RELEASED BY "What's News" vk.com/wsnws TELEGRAM: t.me/whatsnws