Summary

  • Everton XI: Howard, Baines, Funes Mori, Stones, Coleman, Barry, Cleverley, Kone, Barkley, Deulofeu, Lukaku

  • Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Wasilewski, Fuchs, Mahrez, Kante, King, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy

  1. Postpublished at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2015

    Everton 1-2 Leicester

    Chris Sutton
    Former Chelsea & Norwich striker on Final Score

    "Tim Howard should be sent off for me. Maybe the referee thought Jamie Vardy's touch took him too far away from goal? 

    "Both Riyad Mahrez and Vardy are so full of confidence. Great composure from Mahrez to score his second penalty of the day."  

    Riyad Mahrez celebrates his second goalImage source, Getty Images
  2. Postpublished at 67 mins

    Everton 1-2 Leicester

    These two just cannot stop being brilliant, can they?

    Riyad Mahrez slipped in Jamie Vardy, who took one touch to take it around Tim Howard, who clips the striker with his hand. Howard gets booked.

    Mahrez puts the penalty in the opposite corner to his first one.

    Riyad Mahrez scores from the penalty spotImage source, Reu
  3. goal

    GOAL - Everton 1-2 Leicesterpublished at 65 mins

    Riyad Mahrez (pen)

  4. PENALTYpublished at 64 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Tim Howard brings down Jamie Vardy. Leicester penalty.

    Jamie VardyImage source, Reuters
  5. Postpublished at 64 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Vardy gets another wallop in the middle of the park, this time from Gareth Barry. The Leicester man just gets straight back up. His reputation continues to swell.

  6. YELLOW CARDpublished at 63 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Ramiro Funes Mori is in the book for a tackle on Jamie Vardy just before that chance.

  7. Postpublished at 62 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Leighton Baines has put in a goal saving tackle to deny Leicester. Christian Fuchs is away on the left and rolls it across. Baines gets to the ball just ahead of Shinji Okazaki.

  8. Postpublished at 60 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Up until that effort, Everton had done a really good job of keeping Vardy quiet.

    The Leicester striker had only touched the ball in the Everton area once before that chance.

    VardyImage source, .
  9. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Leicester now have a really patient build-up. Riyad Mahrez and Andy King combine well, but it comes to nothing.

    And then Jamie Vardy has John Stones back-pedalling and has his first sight of goal of the afternoon, but slides his effort wide of the far post.

  10. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Christian Fuchs once again has Gerard Deulofeu marching towards him, feet dancing over and around the ball like a fairground waltzer. 

    This time Fuchs is equal to it. Plenty of Everton possession now.

  11. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Gerard Deulofeu has the beating of Leicester full-back Christian Fuchs, but Wes Morgan scampers over to cut out the cross.

    The corner comes in and Everton want a penalty for a handball by Fuchs. His hand is by his side - no chance.

    Gerard Deulofe of EvertonImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 52 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    And here's Coleman again, this time showing off his defensive attributes by stopping Marc Albrighton in his tracks. Andy King does get a shot away at the Everton goal, but it's tame and wide.

  13. Postpublished at 50 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Kasper Schmeichel needs to be awake to touch over a Seamus Coleman cross from the right. He'll tell you it was an effort on goal. He'd be lying.

  14. Postpublished at 48 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    I was about to start singing the praises of Gerard Deulofeu, as he's such a livewire. But just as I started to type, he lets a pass slip under his foot. He screams in frustration.

  15. KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Hopefully another fun-filled 45 minutes in front of us. Everton with the kick-off.

  16. Postpublished at 16:02

    HT - Everton 1-1 Leicester

    Told you Amanda Holden was at Goodison Park (no Roy Hodgson in this picture unfortunately).

    Apparently she's a big Toffee. Perhaps I should have known this, but I could barely tell you what she's famous for.

    Amanda HoldenImage source, PA
  17. Postpublished at 15:59

    HT - Everton 1-1 Leicester

    EvertonImage source, PA

    I'm just having another look back at the Everton goal. There are some really key contributions. Arouna Kone and Romelu Lukaku both keep Gerard Deulofeu's deflected cross alive. And Tom Cleverley slips in Ross Barkley, whose fade back on to his right foot puts Marcin Wasilewski out of the picture.

    And then Lukaku is on hand yo mop it all up - like a Boxing Day reveler with a big piece of bread and a plate of turkey gravy.

  18. Postpublished at 15:55

    HT - Everton 1-1 Leicester

    A draw would still be pretty decent here for Leicester.

    The only way they could be knocked off the top before Christmas is if Arsenal beat Man City on Monday night.

  19. HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:49 Greenwich Mean Time 19 December 2015

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    More of the same in the second half please. Proper game is this.

  20. Postpublished at 45+3 mins

    Everton 1-1 Leicester

    It's a tackle from Gareth Barry that has left Mahrez stranded. He's holding his left knee and the physio is crouched over him. And up he gets. He looks fine. I told you he's got magic in him.