Saturday 27 April 2013

Fulham at Goodison Park

         
  Fellaini will wonder how he failed to find the net in the closing stages after side-footing Leighton Baines's cross over the bar from close range.Fellaini had already forced goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer into a save from a corner when Pienaar's sixth Premier League goal of the campaign provided Moyes with a belated present two days after the Scot's 50th birthday.But Everton will head into the Merseyside derby at Anfield on 5 May with revived hopes of making the Europa League after Tottenham could only draw 2-2 at struggling Wigan.It followed a slick 16th-minute move, Leon Osman's clever pass allowing Coleman to tee-up the South African to place the ball beyond Schwarzer.Manager David Moyes had warned the doubters before the match not to write off the possibility of Everton gracing the continental stage next season.Alexander Kacaniklic's shot had Tim Howard scurrying across his line before Everton responded through Fellaini's goalbound shot which was blocked by team-mate Victor Anichebe.And certainly their first-half performance showed they have not given up on securing a top-five place.Fellaini somehow failed to convert Baines's cross while 19-year-old substitute Ross Barkley forced a fine stop from Schwarzer in the closing stages as Fulham slipped to a 20th straight league defeat at Everton.The Toffees might have lost at Sunderland seven days earlier but they have turned Goodison Park into a fortress at the business end of the season.

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