Baines stakes claim for dead ball duties

Leighton Baines has warned Everton team-mate Mikel Arteta he now expects to take his fair share of free-kicks following an inch-perfect effort in the 1-1 Barclays Premier League draw at Tottenham.

Baines’ 17th-minute goal at White Hart Lane yesterday was one of the best dead-ball strikes of the season, the left-back managing to get his 20-yard shot up and down over a wall containing the 6ft 7in Peter Crouch.