Everton 3 Chelsea 1: Jose Mourinho watched Chelsea fall 11 points behind early Premier League leaders Manchester City and then admitted that he’s not sure his side are still in the title race.

ASTON VILLA 3 EVERTON 2: SHAY Given’s return to the Aston Villa goal for a first Premier League appearance since August 2012 might have been the major talking point ahead of kick-off here, yet by the conclusion of this match the source of discussion came, once again, at the opposite end of the field.

EVERTON 3 MANCHESTER UNITED 0: There was no Grim Reaper accosting the Manchester United manager, as had been the case when David Moyes visited Goodison a little over a year ago in his final game in the job.

QPR 1 Everton 2

Dynamo Kiev 5 Everton 2:

Home is where the heart is, and James McCarthy helped domestic bliss finally return to Goodison Park for Evertonians.

Stoke City 2 Everton 0: Everton endured further Barclays Premier League misery, as goals from Victor Moses and Mame Biram Diouf condemned them to a 2-0 defeat at Stoke.

FA Cup Third Round

Everton 3 Aston Villa 0

Everton 2 Manchester United 0

Fulham 1 Everton 3

Everton 3 Swansea 2

PREMIER LEAGUE:

Everton 1 West Ham 0

Stevenage 0 Everton 4

West Brom 1 Everton 1

Everton 2 Norwich 0

Everton 0 Tottenham 0

Everton 0 West Brom 0

Everton 2 West Brom 1

Southampton 0 Everton 0

Cheltenham 1 Everton 5

There will be many twists and turns yet but a hard earned, as well as controversial, victory over Wigan Athletic ensured Everton reached the halfway stage of the season with qualification for next season’s Champions League a realistic prospect.

Cameron Jerome netted two minutes after coming off the bench to secure a point for Stoke against Everton in the Barclays Premier League at the Britannia Stadium last night.

Everton assistant boss Steve Round insists Liverpool are favourites for Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final despite the Toffees ensuring they will go into the clash as the top Merseyside club in the Premier League after a thumping 4-0 win over Sunderland yesterday.

Headers from Denis Stracqualursi and Marouane Fellaini sent Everton into the fifth round of the FA Cup as they came from behind to beat Fulham last night.

GOALKEEPER Tim Howard scored for Everton but Bolton came from behind to claim the points and haul themselves off the foot of the Premier League thanks to a winning goal from Chelsea target Gary Cahill last night.

FABIO O’BRIEN hit a hat-trick as confident Monaghan United turned on the class to brush aside the challenge of Munster Senior League side Everton at Gortakeegan.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is keeping his fingers crossed after defender Michael Turner suffered a setback on his return from injury.

GOALS from Tim Cahill and on-loan American Landon Donovan – his first for Everton – secured a comfortable 2-0 win at Goodison Park last night and extended Sunderland’s miserable run.

A VENGEFUL killer was branded a “coward” yesterday by the father of the three-year-old girl he murdered.

EVERTON manager David Moyes last night praised his side after they chalked up their second successive victory in the Europa League.

EVERTON picked up their second home win in four days yesterday with a comprehensive Barclays Premier League victory over Blackburn.

EVERTON manager David Moyes has criticised Manchester City for trying to haggle over the price of want-away centre-back Joleon Lescott.

BLACKBURN manager Sam Allardyce admitted his side will have to fight “to the bitter end” after letting another victory slip by last night.

TIMING is everything, as the old adage goes, and Louis Saha’s might just provide Everton with the firepower to fuel their pursuit of a trip to Wembley and a top-five league finish.

IN his more private moments, David Moyes might allow himself a wry smile at the pundits slavering over Aston Villa’s attempt to break the Premier League’s established elite.

Everton 2 Blackburn 3

AYEGBENI Yakubu pounced on a defensive howler two minutes from time to book Everton a place in their first Carling Cup semi-final since 1988.

EVERTON manager David Moyes is expected to confirm next week Duncan Ferguson will not be offered a new contract with the club.

EVERTON avoided city neighbours Liverpool in the draw for the final qualifying round of the Champions League only to land equally-daunting opposition in Villarreal, one of Spain’s most impressive sides last season.

Paul Walker

Charlton 2 Everton 0

Newcastle 1 Everton 1