The Toffees come from behind in FA Cup win
In a pre-game interview with the BBC, Sport Everton manger Willie Kirk made it very clear that “I want to win silverware and be challenging for silverware”. It is the clubs ambition to be playing European football and building up the confidence by beating league champions Chelsea, who do play European football; is a great way to start.
“More importantly, for the club it’s more steps in the right direction in terms of to getting us back towards where we were a number of years ago, which was consistently challenging for trophies.
“And our ambitions don’t just stop there – we want to be playing in Europe in years to come – so it would be a big step forward for us and I believe a win on Sunday could be a huge springboard for a really positive season.”
In the first 5 minutes Chelsea took the lead when Penille Harder’s exchange and pull back helped Erin Cuthbert get in on goal and put the ball away.
As expected, Chelsea began to dominate the game with goal scorer Cuthbert and Millie Bright coming close after the 30 minute mark.
Not making the most of the attempts was something the Blues came to regret 10 minutes later, as Lucy Graham got on the end of Ingrid Moe’s cross and convert the chance into a goal with a swift header.
It was almost 20 minutes into the second half when there seemed to be a repeated series of events.
Australian international, Hayley Raso delivered superbly into the box from the left wing and found Valerie Gauguin, who headed the ball and gave Everton the lead after coming from behind.
Despite their efforts to get back into the game, Chelsea were knocked out of the FA Cup.