Everton of England midfielder, Alex Iwobi was at the centre of one of the highlights during his side’s epic victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the English FA Cup, as he scaled the scare of video assistant referee on a foul demand by the opponents, megasportsarena.com reports.
On the same night Leicester City attacker, Kelechi Iheanacho got a goal for his club, Iwobi ended up getting a game rating of six over ten for his performance, as Everton won a nine-goal FA Cup classic against Spurs, to reach the quarter-final with a thrilling and chaotic 5-4 extra-time victory.
Davinson Sanchez gave Spurs the lead with a header, but Everton hit back with three goals in seven minutes, as Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s fierce shot was parried into his own net by Hugo Lloris, before Richarlison’s low effort found the bottom left corner from 20 yards.
Gylfi Sigurdsson converted from the spot after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg had unintentionally clipped Calvert-Lewin, but Spurs were back in it on the stroke of half-time through Erik Lamela’s deft finish from an angle.
The drama did not stop in the second half as Sanchez got his second to level at close range, Richarlison then edged Everton ahead with another finish from a tight angle past Lloris, but sub Harry Kane leveled with a header from a wicked Son cross.
Bernard, who was close to leaving the club in January, grabbed the winner for Everton with a brilliant half-volley from Sigurdsson’s expert pass in extra-time, as both sides played out the highest scoring FA Cup game between two top-flight teams since February 1961 when Sheffield Wednesday beat Man United 7-2.
A major turning point in the game, though came when Spurs wanted a foul from Iwobi on Tanguy Ndombele in the build-up, but VAR deemed it fair for Everton, who have now reached the quarter-finals for the first time in five years.
Same night, Iheanacho netted an injury-time winner against Brighton & Hove Albion, to send Leicester into quarter-finals, as Brendan Rodgers’ side left it late till the 96th minute to keep alive their hopes of a first FA Cup title.
Graham Potter gave his fringe players an opportunity to shine and they competed well in a tight encounter, as Iheanacho scored an injury-time winner to send Leicester into the last eight with a 1-0, on a night Jamie Vardy and Wilfred Onyinyen Ndidi returned for The Foxes.
However, Leicester struggled for rhythm and tempo against a much-changed Brighton side, in an encounter of few chances that took 83 minutes for the first shot on target to come, and it looked like extra-time and penalties were looming, until Iheanacho replaced Vardy and headed home with virtually the last action of the game to inflict a first defeat in seven games for Brighton.
