Jagielka joy at Barkley’s progress

Everton 0 Swansea 0

Content to play on the counter-attack and defend doggedly, Swansea retreated even further into their shell 18 minutes from time when midfielder Jonjo Shelvey was sent off for a second bookable offence.

The impressive job the Swans had performed in keeping Barkley and his play-making qualities quiet, ramped up a notch thereafter although Jagielka, who expects to see Barkley named alongside him in Roy Hodgson’s latest England squad this week, believes this is the sort of game that will hasten the 20-year-old’s already impressive development.

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