Iwobi Scores And Assists As Everton Hammer Fleetwood Town In Carabao Cup

i scores and assists as Everton hammer Fleetwood Town in
Carabao Cup
Kunle Fayiga
The Nigerian winger put in a brilliant display at Highbury
Stadium which secured the Toffees progress to the next
round of the cup competition
Alex Iwobi scored a goal and provided an assist as Everton
continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 5-2 win
over Fleetwood Town in the third round of the Carabao
Cup.
Iwobi made his first appearance of the season in the
victory over West Bromwich Albion at the weekend but
made the starting XI this time.
Everton did not let their guards down on Wednesday with
Richarlison giving them the lead in the 22nd minute,
courtesy of Bernard's assist.
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The Nigeria international turned provider for the Toffees
second goal, playing a lovely backheel to Richarlison after a
brilliant one-two with the Brazilian.
Fleetwood were not going to give up so easily and pulled
one back through second-half substitute Mark Duffy two
minutes after the restart.
Everton would go on to extend their lead not too long after
thanks to Iwobi, Nigerian tapping home with consummate
ease after being fed by Richarlison. It marked the first time
the Arsenal academy graduate scored and assisted in the
same match for the first time in his club career.
Fleetwood again cut the deficit, this time from Callum
Camps in the 58th minute, but Everton were equally in the
mood to get more goals and added a fourth through
Bernard and substitute Moise Kean wrapping things up in
added time with the fifth.
The victory will see Everton face West Ham United in the
Carabao Cup fourth round at Goodison Park next week.
Iwobi had a brilliant evening, recording a total of five shots,
four successful dribbles from seven attempts, 78 touches
on the ball and 48 completed passes from 54 with
accuracy at 89%
The Super Eagles star played 25 times in all competitions
last season having joined from Arsenal, scoring two goals
and providing one assist.
The 24-year-old will hope to make his first Premier League
start this season when Everton battle Crystal Palace at
Selhurst Park on Saturday.
The Toffees kicked off their campaign first with a 1-0
Premier League win at Tottenham Hotspur followed by a
3-0 triumph over Salford City in the second round of the
League Cup.
The next was an emphatic 5-2 win over newly-promoted
West Bromwich Albion in the league on Saturday

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