Everton verdict after the Premier League clash against Brentford at Goodison Park
When Everton’s trip to Luton Town was rearranged for next Friday night, the thought process was clear. There was no consideration for travelling fans and the days that would have to be booked off from work or the clogged Friday afternoon motorways and late arrivals home.
As recently as last Sunday the pressure on this club, its players and its fans was as crushing as it had been during the springs of the last two years. First under Frank Lampard, then Sean Dyche, survival fights were taken to the dying embers of the season. This one will not. This was not a classic. Of the memories created this week, none from this match will linger. But the impact of another three points will. There will be a party in the away stands at Kenilworth Road next week. No more fingernails bitten raw or football watched from behind the sofa.
Still, for Everton there remained a job to do and after Jordan Pickford did well to smother a back post Ivan Toney shot - at that point the best chance of the game - the Blues found an extra gear. Dwight McNeil, whose left foot has come alive this week, struck the crossbar so hard it is probably still shaking as you read these words. Gueye’s strike and the outpouring of relief came moments later. When he was taken off 15 minutes later he deserved his second standing ovation in four days.
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