Everton's trophy drought goes on as Bournemouth ensure Goodison won't get golden goodbye

EVERTON 0-2 BOURNEMOUTH: David Moyes won't beryllium taking Everton to Wembley again this play arsenic the Toffees' ensured that their trophy drought volition agelong into 31 years

David Moyes volition not get a imagination instrumentality to Wembley with Everton this play - alternatively his broadside got a world check.

The Toffees’ hold for a trophy volition tick implicit to astatine slightest 31 years aft the 1995 FA Cup winners were dumped retired by Bournemouth. There volition beryllium nary silverware astatine the extremity of the play successful which they question goodbye to Goodison Park. This was an earlier than wished farewell to FA Cup games astatine this celebrated aged ground.

But it was besides a reminder for the Blues that they inactive person improvements to marque aft they failed to transportation implicit their signifier implicit to the FA Cup from 3 wins connected the trot successful the Premier League.

Moyes is steering Everton towards information aft those victories but their first-half show present was a reminder they can’t fto standards slip. James Tarkowski delivered a shocking show successful the opening 45 minutes.

There was astatine slightest a spirited second-half showing erstwhile they deed the woodwork 3 times which volition springiness encouragement, particularly against specified a bully side. Bournemouth are precocious fliers successful the Premier League this play and tin present commencement to wonderment if they tin adhd immoderate silverware to what is turning retired to beryllium a earnestly awesome campaign.

They were talented a pb erstwhile Tarkowski upended the awesome Antoine Semenyo successful the container for a penalty. VAR whitethorn person ruled the Bournemouth winger offside but without it here, the spot footwear stood and Semenyo smashed it location successful the 23rd minute.

The 2nd came from Daniel Jebbison. The Canadian arrived successful England backmost successful 2020 and scored his archetypal elder extremity connected this crushed successful May 2021 for Sheffield United. Jebbison was lone recalled from a indebtedness spell astatine Watford past period aft injuries to Evanilson and Enes Unal up apical for the Cherries. But present he’s scored successful some rounds of the Cup aft helium besides netted against West Brom.

This was a scrappy, scruffy extremity with Tarkowski again astir assisting for the visitors. The Everton defender pinged the shot retired to Marcus Tavernier and the resulting transverse led to a scramble and Jebbison’s onslaught coming backmost disconnected Jordan Pickford to deed him and find its mode implicit the enactment conscionable earlier the break.

Everton volition wonderment however they didn’t get backmost successful the necktie aft hitting the woodwork 3 times. First it was January signing Charly Alcaraz from a free-kick soon aft helium emerged from the subs seat for his debut.

Then Jake O’Brien headed a Jack Harrison transverse disconnected the station from point-blank range. While different transverse from Harrison bushed everyone including Bournemouth keeper Kepa but besides struck the woodwork.

Amid each that, Semenyo cleared 1 disconnected the enactment to beryllium effectual astatine some ends. Moyes rolled the dice with defender Michael Keane thrown up apical precocious connected but it was a gamble which did not wage off.

Everton exited the Cup and the adjacent clip they play astatine location successful this contention volition beryllium astatine Bramley Moore Dock.

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