Our man of the match: Everton (Cup)
Norwich City booked their place in the next round of the EFL Cup with an impressive 2-0 win over Premier League side Everton.
Alex Neil’s side were the rank outsiders coming into the match, with Everton much-fancied to ease past Norwich and move into the next round of the cup.
It was Everton old boy Steven Naismith who opened the scoring in interesting circumstances. Debutante Nelson Oliveira played a delicious backheel through to Naismith, who slipped and mishit the shot into the top corner to give Norwich the lead.
Everton’s misery was then compounded in the second half when Josh Murphy doubled the lead with a moment of magic. He jinked past a number of Everton defenders before curling a strike into the top left corner from the edge of the box.
There were wonderful performances all over the pitch for Norwich, but I have gone for Ryan Bennett as my man of the match.
Bennett was forced to deal with an onslaught from the Everton attack, and particularly impressed amongst the back four.
He won numerous headers and tackles and read the game very well from central defence.