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Arteta on Gabriel injury and other fitness issues pre Everton

Everton held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park to help rivals Liverpool take another step towards the Premier League title.

Iliman Ndiaye’s penalty shortly after half time cancelled out Leandro Trossard’s opener and means Liverpool will have the chance to open up a 14-point lead at the top of the table if they defeat Fulham at Craven Cottage tomorrow.

Mikel Arteta started with Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli on the bench ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid as Trossard fired the Gunners in front on the counter-attack.

But Myles Lewis-Skelly brought down Jack Harrison moments after the restart and Ndiaye equalised from the spot. Saka, Odegaard and Martinelli were brought on but Arsenal’s best chance fell to Mikel Merino, who headed wide.

Liverpool could win the title by the end of the month if they win their next four games. The Reds play Fulham on Sunday, followed by West Ham, Leicester, and Tottenham on 27 April.

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Arsenal frustrated on final trip to Goodison Park as Mikel Arteta turns attention to Real Madrid clash

For one of the more stylish midfielders to grace Goodison Park in recent decades, a farewell came in the form of a warm-up for a very different test. There was a time when it seemed as though Mikel Arteta may return to Everton as manager. Instead, as Arsenal targeted the unproven Arteta, they were seduced by the glamour of Carlo Ancelotti, meaning a swift volte-face when they withdrew the offer of the job to a certain David Moyes. Now it is Ancelotti and Real Madrid for Arteta.

His Goodison goodbye contained preparation, frustration and a bit more of Myles Lewis-Skelly’s education. A draw renders it still likelier the Premier League title will return to Merseyside, with Liverpool now only requiring another 11 points to make it mathematically certain. But if Arteta’s team selection, with Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli only substitutes, indicated he has the Champions League in mind, he has plenty to consider.

Flo Clifford5 April 2025 16:36

Could we see Everton in Europe?

“I think Everton need to be a club who’s trying to shoot for the stars if we can,” Moyes continues. “This week we’ve played Liverpool and Arsenal who are way better than us in footballing terms, but I think in both games we’ve tried to make it as equal as we can, tried to get something out of it.

“We need to bring in some more quality players to add to the squad that we’ve got. And if we can do that I hope we can keep building. The run that we’ve been on at the moment, if we can keep it going, we’re probably up with some of the best teams in the Premier League at the moment.”

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Moyes refusing to count his chickens

“I think we’re getting much closer [to safety], but until it’s mathematically impossible, we have to make sure that we don’t say too much,” Moyes says - even though Everton are 15 points clear of the drop now.

“But it’ll be very hard for other sides to get close to where we are now. I’m planning to visit this week, I hope I’m not counting my chickens! I’ll start to see how it’s looking and what we need to do as well.

“When I was getting the job I was saying, ‘my goodness, if I take Everton down it’ll be an absolute disaster, I don’t know where I’m going to live, let alone anything else!’ The big thing is the players have really responded well, and we’ve started to look a threat. Even today in the first half, we still had a threat. So for me that’s the biggest thing, we’ve started look as if, I’m not going to say exciting but we’re a bit more likely to score than [before].”

'I wanted to give the penalty to Beto' - Iliman Ndiaye speaks

“I think it’s a great point,” Iliman Ndiaye says on TNT Sports. “Obviously we lost earlier this week and we needed to turn things around today and get a result, and luckily we did that today.

“It felt great [to score]. I wanted to give the penalty to Beto but I thought I had it in me to get back on the scoresheet. I’m really happy to be back.”

Flo Clifford5 April 2025 14:50