{"id":294214,"date":"2023-09-27T21:36:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=294214"},"modified":"2023-09-27T21:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:36:17","slug":"everton-secure-back-to-back-wins-with-cup-victory-at-disappointing-aston-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/everton-secure-back-to-back-wins-with-cup-victory-at-disappointing-aston-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton secure back-to-back wins with cup victory at disappointing Aston Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everton continued their mini revival after a deserved 2-1 Carabao Cup win at Aston Villa.<\/p>\n
James Garner\u2019s first Toffees goal and Dominic Calvert-Lewin\u2019s strike fired the visitors into the fourth round.<\/p>\n
Boubacar Kamara\u2019s late strike gave the scoreline a flattering look after Everton bossed much of the game against their disappointing hosts.<\/p>\n
Villa routed the Toffees 4-0 in the Premier League last month but Sean Dyche\u2019s side have begun to mount their recovery following a wretched start.<\/p>\n
Successive victories for the first time under Dyche \u2013 and first for a year \u2013 will continue to rouse the Toffees. With Luton and Bournemouth next to visit Goodison Park there is the chance to find real momentum.<\/p>\n
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For Villa, whose last major trophy was the 1996 League Cup, it was another disappointing night for a club which so desperately wants to challenge the elite.<\/p>\n
They will continue to remain on the fringes with similar performances as they strive for consistency, having won 1-0 at Chelsea on Sunday.<\/p>\n
There was never any sign Unai Emery\u2019s side would build on that result during a sloppy display where they were outfought and overpowered.<\/p>\n
Youri Tielemans\u2019 half-volley landed on the roof of the net after seven minutes but that was as good as it got in the first half.<\/p>\n
Everton quickly found a tempo which the hosts struggled with and one which, ultimately, forced a 15th-minute opener.<\/p>\n
Robin Olsen was put under pressure and his poor clearance landed kindly for Amadou Onana on the edge of the area, before Calvert-Lewin and Arnaut Danjuma worked the ball back to him.<\/p>\n
The midfielder then clipped a cute ball through to Garner to lash in from 10 yards with the Villa defence static.<\/p>\n
They looked ropey and anxious for the rest of the half as the hosts failed to clear their lines and were unnerved by Everton\u2019s pressing and Danjuma\u2019s direct running.<\/p>\n
Only an outstanding reflex save from Olsen stopped John McGinn slicing into his own net six minutes before half time after another Danjuma burst embarrassed Ezri Konsa and Matty Cash.<\/p>\n
Two minutes later the goalkeeper denied Calvert-Lewin as he tried to round him, the striker putting the rebound wastefully into the sidenetting.<\/p>\n
It was a let-off and one Villa should have capitalised on but Jhon Duran fired wildly over in stoppage time to sum up their wayward first half.<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly Unai Emery had seen enough, replacing Duran, McGinn and Leander Dendoncker with Ollie Watkins, Kamara and Lucas Digne at the break.<\/p>\n
But it did nothing to improve the hosts and they self destructed five minutes after the restart.<\/p>\n
There was little pressure on Tielemans 40-yards out but his pass sold Konsa short and Calvert-Lewin nipped in to streak clear and roll past the exposed Olsen.<\/p>\n
A smart Jordan Pickford save from Moussa Diaby stopped the hosts pulling a goal back immediately but there was no sense of a comeback.<\/p>\n
Olsen thwarted Calvert-Lewin just after the hour and it looked like Everton would comfortably see the game out.<\/p>\n
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Yet, Kamara set up a nervy end with eight minutes left when his deflected strike from 20 yards wrong-footed Pickford to creep in.<\/p>\n
The goalkeeper saved from Diaby in stoppage time and Douglas Luiz hooked over during a frantic finish but it was too little, too late.<\/p>\n