If you just saw the result of this match yesterday, like I did, you didn't get the whole story. 3-1. On the surface it looked like Everton took care of business against Wigan. However, you actually watch the match, and you get a little bit different story.
Everton probably could have put it away early though. They had a lot of good ball movement and build up play. Unfortunately, once again, the final ball or two in the 18 seemed to elude them. Tim Cahill got off a nice shot in the 16th minute, only to have it just nick off a defender's leg. In the 25th minute Osman got a great look at goal, but floated his shot high.
It didn't look like Wigan had even come to play offense at all until the 30th minute. Former Crystal Place man Victor Moses actually managed to get a shot toward Tim Howard's goal, only to have it deflected wide. However on the ensuing corner Di Santo got his head on the ball and had it deflect off of Tony Hibbert and into goal out of the reach of Howard. For all of Everton's possession, they trailed 0-1.
That only lasted about 90 seconds though. Everton worked a corner of their own in the 35th minute. Phil Jagielka scored on a lunging header from the corner and equalized the match 1-1 at the half.
The second half was dominated by sloppy passing from Everton and totally ineffective long balls from Wigan. It actually got a little frustrating to watch, and the Everton fans started to voice their uneasiness.
Finally Everton took the lead for good in the 84th minute. Hibbert sent a decent early ball into the area, where young forward Apostolos Vellios was waiting to head it into the net to give Everton the 2-1 lead. They finally sealed it deep into stoppage time as Real Madrid loaner Drenthe took a Howard kick, got on the end, and slotted it in goal to make the final result 3-1 to Toffees.
Everton are currently sitting 7th in the table, is it safe to say they're off to a better start than usual?
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