Much has been said about Cahill’s celebration after the goal and he has since apologized for any offense he might have caused. You couldn’t help but feel for Cahill, however, in what was obviously an emotional moment. It’s not my place to judge the rights and wrongs of a player's comment, but for those who haven’t seen it, after scoring Cahill made a gesture showing he was thinking of his older brother who was recently imprisoned for six years. I’ll leave it up to you to deice if a football pitch is the right place for such a statement.
Portsmouth were shattered by the goal. They lost their shape and their desire to push forward. Everton, sensing that Pompy were there for the kill, pushed on. A long pass by Johnson found Yakubu out on the left. He beat his marker, drove into the area, and unleashed a powerful shot that went through James’s hands and into the back of the net.
3-1 Everton.
And that finished the game. Even with 10 minutes left to play there was no way back for Portsmouth and Everton had reclaimed fourth spot in the league.
As usual, I’m days late with my report (real life always seems to get in the way!) but two things have happened since this game that will have a huge bearing on the rest of Everton’s season.
The first Everton could do nothing about. Liverpool finally got to play their game in hand and emphatically beat West Ham United to move back into fourth spot on goal difference. With ten games left to play every point is going to count, starting with Sunderland away on Sunday.
The second was all down to Everton. In their biggest test of European football so far, Everton traveled to Florence, Italy to play Fiorentina in the UEFA Cup. The 2-0 defeat doesn’t show how out classed Everton were. If Everton are to get to the quarter finals they will have to win the home leg by three goals. I fear that is too big of a challenge against the talented Italian side.
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