Premier League: Late Mina strike earns Everton precious point at Wolves

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Published 20.05.2023
Premier League: Late Mina strike earns Everton precious point at Wolves

Yerry Mina equalised within the 99th minute as relegation-threatened Everton secured a 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday and a treasured level in its bid to keep away from dropping out of the Premier League.

Wolves took the lead within the first half as winger Adama Traore carried the ball from the sting of his personal field earlier than his shot was parried into the trail of Hwang Hee-Chan, who had a easy end for his fourth aim of the marketing campaign.

But centre again Mina proved the saviour for the guests after Wolves goalkeeper Dan Bentley, who was jittery below the excessive ball all sport, failed to gather a cross from deep.

It fell to Michael Keane, who handed low for Mina to comb the ball into the online with just about the final kick of the match after 9 minutes had been added for stoppage time.

Everton is 2 factors above the relegation zone however have now performed a sport greater than their rivals and will probably be anxiously watching the outcomes of Leeds United and Leicester City as they might probably be within the backside three going into their last fixture at residence to Bournemouth subsequent Sunday.

“We wanted to win the game. We knew they would take risks – they’re fighting for their Premier League lives,” Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves mentioned.

“The only thing I can say is the nine minutes (of stoppage time). I asked the ref (David Coote) why. He said they’ve been asked to play exact times.

“I don’t know why they haven’t been doing it all season. If you want to do it, you need to do it all season and not only in the last two games.”

Everton has not had its trigger helped by a rising damage disaster, having misplaced proper again Nathan Patterson and, extra crucially, ahead Dominic Calvert-Lewin within the first half at Wolves.

The absence of Calvert-Lewin on account of persistent accidents this season is among the the reason why Everton are in a relegation scrap, however additionally they probably can have no match senior left- or right-backs going into the essential Bournemouth sport.

Calvert-Lewin had three good probabilities early on as Everton began a lot the brighter and had six efforts on aim earlier than Wolves obtained their first, which turned out to be Hwang’s opener.

Wolves have been a lot improved after the break and had a succession of probabilities they put extensive of aim, failing to kill off the competition and leaving Everton with hope of a morale-boosting level proper as much as the ultimate whistle.