Everton secured a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace in Selhurst Park with goals from Beto and Carlos Alcaraz to ensure that David Moyes’ team left South London with all three points.
The game started with Crystal Palace, which showed an early intention to attack when Jean-Philippe Mateta Jordan Pickford tested a low shot in the sixth minute.
Moments later, Justin Devenenny also forced a rescue, but the defense of the Toffees recorded. Everton grew into the game, whereby Alcaraz and Beto connect well. In the 32nd minute, Alcaraz saw his mighty strike saved by Dean Henderson.
The breakthrough came in the 42nd minute when Everton rounded off a quick counterattack. Alcaraz played a thoroughfare and gave the visitors a 1-0 lead in the half-time.
Oliver Glasner replied with changes during the break and introduced Eberechi Eze and Adam Wharton to inject fresh energy. The substitutions paid off almost immediately when the palace only balanced two minutes in the second half.
Marc Guehis perfectly time -controlled passport found Mateta, who made no mistake with his left end and slashed past Pickford to restore parity with 1: 1.
Palace pushed forward, and Ben Chilwell and Eze both tried their luck from a distance, but Pickford remained a hard wall for cracking.
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Up the Toffees! ✊
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– Everton (@everton) February 15, 2025
Everton weathered the storm and gave the lead again in the 80th minute. After an offset, Ashley Young was blocked, but the rebound fell Alcaraz, who led the ball into the lower right corner and put the away fans into raptures.
Palace threw everything forward in the last ten minutes. Eze came to an agonizing near the 86th minute and his curling efforts drift just behind the post.
Glasner made other attackers of substitutions and put on Daichi Kamada and Eddie Nketiah, but Everton also defended. Six minutes were announced
Despite late pressure and a flood of set pieces, Everton recorded to win a decisive victory and increase their hopes for the upper half of the Premier League table.
Crystal Palace will now feel frustrated if he doesn’t take the best of her chances.
