Everton edge nine-target Tottenham thriller
Everton upped the pressure on Jose Mourinho with an exciting 5-4 victory over Tottenham after extra-time to attain the FA Cup quarter-finals, as Manchester City eased in to the previous eight by beating Swansea on Wednesday.
Tottenham deal with a daunting visit to City in the Premier Group on Saturday and defeat after a draining 120 minutes was the very last thing Mourinho wanted.
Spurs have lost a number of of their last five video games and among three chances to get rid of the club's 13-12 months wait to win a good trophy in glass competitions is currently gone.
"Attacking football just wins fits when you don't make more defensive blunders than you create," explained Mourinho, who once described a 5-4 result seeing as a "hockey score".
"It had been the mouse and the cat. The mouse was our defensive problems and the cat was us playing perfectly, scoring goals, but it wasn't enough."
Mourinho's men made a bright start out at Goodison Recreation area as Davinson Sanchez headed them into the business lead after just 3 minutes.
However, the defensive problems that have price Tottenham dear lately were in evidence just as Everton struck 3 x in seven minutes right before half-period through Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson's penalty.
Erik Lamela reduced Spurs' deficit in first-50 % stoppage time before another rare target for Sanchez managed to get 3-3.
Richarlison then smashed residence from a narrow position to revive Everton's lead.
Mourinho had left Harry Kane on the bench from the commence to ease his return from an ankle injury. But the England captain finished up playing for over one hour and achieved Son Heung-min's cross at the trunk post with bullet header seven moments from time to send the game into extra-time.
Bernard's brilliant surface finish from Sigurdsson's scooped move proved a fitting winner to a pulsating tie to hold alive the Toffees' likelihood of a first trophy since 1995.
"It was an extended night for everybody, but we came out at the top which is the key thing," said Everton associate manager Duncan Ferguson.
City's record-breaking run
The defending from both sides will inspire City, who also face Everton in the Premier League next Wednesday, once they broke the English football record for consecutive wins by a top-flight club.
Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus were over target for City, who extended their winning go in all competitions to 15 game titles with a 3-1 success over Swansea.
Victory was also Pep Guardiola's 200th in 268 game titles as City boss, with his side still on lessons for a good historic quadruple of trophies.
Guardiola's men hold a good five-point business lead with a game in hand at the top of the Premier League, deal with Tottenham in the Little league Cup final found in April and resume their task to win an initial Champions League within the last 16 against Borussia Monchengladbach later this month.
"It really is amazing for ourselves, we can not deny how delighted and proud we happen to be to break this record," said Guardiola. "Records are there to be cracked, but they want to do very well (to beat it).
"It is not easy in the present day era to create 15 wins in a good row."
Leicester were made to wait until the 94th minute to book their place within the last eight with a 1-0 make an impression on Brighton because of Kelechi Iheanacho's header.
Sheffield United also only needed a solitary aim to find off Bristol City 1-0 because of Billy Sharp's penalty after Alfie Mawson was delivered off for handling David McGoldrick's goalbound shot.
