Everton 1 Aston Villa 1

"United defeated Arsenal but then lost their next game at Portsmouth, and so you've got sides like Everton up there... deservedly so. They are hard to beat and we had to come here to set our stall out." Lee Hendrie after surviving the Everton attacks.

This is one of the quotes that was made after the game and quite frankly, the Villa players were quick to praise Everton. It was a game that Everton lost 2 points and Villa luckily walked away with a point. The game was well dominated by Everton. Even though Aston Villa got the lead first in the 26th minute through Lee Hendrie from a long range strike.

When Everton found themself one down, it was entirely all Everton there after. The Villains were bombarded and an equalise was not long when Marcus Bent struck the goal in te 32nd minute.




Everton probably had an least 5 clear chances to take the lead. Stubbs header was cleared off the line, Bent was denied by the post once and another was when he cleverly chipped the goalkeeper only for the ball to just miss by inches..Weir having a shot from the edge of the box and misses the goal narrowly..And the closest one was when Osman's shot came back off the inside of the post..It's certainly 'One of those days'


Everton certainly did more then enough to win this game and it certainly is a case of Everton lost 2 points.

Everton 1 Aston Villa 1