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Brighton (0)0 Newcastle (0) 0Sheff Utd (0)0 Everton (0) 1
Richarlison 46Wolves (1)2 C Palace (0) 0
Podence 41
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Football
Premier League Watford v Manchester City (6.0); Aston
Villa v Arsenal (8.15)Wilder’s Europa
dream fizzles out
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2Martin Hardy1
Sheffield United
Everton
Richarlison 460
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was in League One three seasons ago.
Everton have spent heavily in the trans-
fer market only to finish beneath their
opponents and the win, though
deserved, was their first in five games.
Wilder spoke of pride in his men,
tempered with the disappointment of
watching something greater slide away.
“We lacked the quality that we needed,”
he said. “I’m sure people understand I
can’t be too critical of my players. It is
maybe time to talk about the bigger
achievement, [being] one of the best
promoted sides for quite a while.
“We haven’t yo-yoed and had the
parachute payments, the journey is
there for all to see. They can be very
proud of their efforts this year.
“There’s a lot of tired bodies and a lot
of tired minds out there. We shouldn’t
even be talking about a bridge too far at
all. We’ve had some fabulous perform-
ances and results this season. It’s been a
huge challenge. Nobody is going to put
£200 million into our back account. We
need better players in the building and
we need more competition.
“The football team is ahead of the
football club in a lot of senses and it is up
to the football club to catch up.”
David McGoldrick had a shot
blocked in the 50th minute and bal-
looned an effort over in stoppage time.
That was the sum of his side’s efforts.
Gylfi Sigurdsson bent a fine free kick
from the right to create the winning
goal in the 46th minute. Richarlison
stole ahead of Stevens and sent his
header into the corner of Henderson’s
goal.
“His performance was good,” Ancel-
otti said of the Brazilian. “The defend-
ers are really strong and tough. He is a
fantastic player so it is not unusual to
use this treatment on him. He has a
warm character so he can lose some
focus. Where he is focused is in the box.
He is dangerous and cold there.”
There was another bonus for
Everton: the composed full debut of the
central defender Jarrad Branthwaite,
an 18-year-old signed from Carlisle
United. “Usually when you talk about
young players you say ‘pay attention’,
but he is really focused and really
humble,” Ancelotti said.Richarlison’s glancing header was the only goal in a contest with few chancesThree minutes of stoppage time had
been played and Dominic Calvert-
Lewin had just cleared a cross from his
own penalty area. “Out, out, out!” he
screamed. His team-mates followed
the instruction.
On his first return to Bramall Lane
since leaving four years ago for what he
called “an opportunity too good to turn
down”, here was proof that the Everton
striker, who left Sheffield United as a
boy, had become a man.
There is little space for criticism of
what his old club have achieved in this
campaign, their first in the Premier
League since 2006-07. Theirs has been
one of the great stories and it says much
that only defeat in this, their penulti-
mate game of the season, ended hopes
of a top-seven finish and a place in next
season’s Europa League.
It looked a game too far, however, as
they failed to muster even one shot on
target. Calvert-Lewin was a rare threat
in a poor game. United’s defenders
knew they had been in a battle.
He did not find the winning goal.
That went to Richarlison, who scored
with a fine glancing header within a
minute of the start of the second half.
Calvert-Lewin did head against a
post in the opening 45 minutes, the only
incident of note, and, with his team in
front, he outmuscled John Egan and
drew a save from Dean Henderson with
a deflected shot from 20 yards on the
hour mark. Aside from the goal, it was
the game’s only effort on target.
There would be a yellow card when
he put his hand into the face of Enda
Stevens as he went for a header with 13
minutes remaining. He has looked a
more physically imposing player as the
season has developed. It will not hurt
that his manager wants more.
“We have to find new steps for him
because he will be better next season
for sure,” Carlo Ancelotti, the Everton
manager, said of Calvert-Lewin, 23. “I
arrived in December and he scored a lot
of goals and he helped us a lot, like
Richarlison. Some games he didn’t
score but he worked hard. The step he
has to do is be more focused and more
affecting in the box. It is true he spent a
lot of energy fighting and jumping.”
Richarlison’s moment of quality was
a reminder of the gulf that Chris
Wilder’s players have bridged; a
£50 million player against a team thatSheffield United (3-5-2): D Henderson 6 —
C Basham 7 (R Zivkovic 83min), J Egan 6,
J O’Connell 6 — G Baldock 5, S Berge 6,
O Norwood 7 (J Lundstram 69, 4), B Osborn 5
(B Sharp 60, 5), E Stevens 5 — D McGoldrick 6,
O McBurnie 5 (J Fleck 60, 4). Booked Norwood.
Everton (4-2-3-1): J Pickford 6 — D Sidibé 6,
M Keane 7, J Branthwaite 7, L Digne 6 — A Gomes
7, T Davies 6 — T Walcott 6 (A Gordon 84),
G Sigurdsson 6 (S Coleman 88), Richarlison 7 —
D Calvert-Lewin 8. Booked Davies, Calvert-Lewin,
Richarlison.
Referee S Attwell.
TONY MCARDLE/EVERTON FC/GETTY IMAGESCATH IVILL/POOLto seal their survival
The goalmouth action, however, was
limited. A Lewis Dunk header was too
easy for Martin Dubravka, Leandro
Trossard might have done more with a
shot from just inside the box but then
came much closer after Neal Maupay
stayed on his feet after a stumble to set
him up for a close-range strike that was
diverted for a corner.
Newcastle only began to threaten as
the first half ended, with Gayle coming
close through a headed effort from a
Jonjo Shelvey corner.
In the second half it became an irrita-
ble affair littered with so many fouls
that it resembled a dour derby game.
This is the Premier League contest that,
on average, produces fewest goals.
Carroll did come off the bench but, un-
imaginatively, played up front and
should have done better with a Matt
Ritchie corner to the far post than to
head wide.
“Carroll’s beating himself up in
there,” Bruce said. “He knows he should
have maybe scored the winner.”Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1): M Ryan 6 —
T Lamptey 7 (S Duffy 85min), A Webster 6,
L Dunk 5, D Burn 5 — D Stephens 5, Y Bissouma 5
(D Pröpper 73) — P Gross 5 (A Mac Allister 58, 5)
L Trossard 6, A Mooy 5 (S March 58, 5) —
N Maupay 6 (G Murray 73). Booked Gross,
Bissouma, Stephens, Webster.
Newcastle United (4-4-1-1): M Dubravka 6 —
J Manquillo 5, E Krafth 5, F Fernández 5, D Rose 6
— J Shelvey 6, N Bentaleb 5, M Almirón 6
(V Lazaro 86), M Ritchie 6 — A Saint-Maximin 5
(Joelinton 74) — D Gayle 6 (A Carroll 74). Booked
Ritchie, Rose.
Referee S Hooper.created by a sublime Moutinho pass that was pulled back by Doherty, as Wolves went back into the Europa League places