Everton broke a three-game winless streak in the Barclays Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Swansea at Goodison Park on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
After picking up just one point from their last three matches, this win will come as a mighty relief for coach David Moyes and his team. As for the Swans, they are still awaiting their first away win since being promoted to the English top flight.<\/p>\n
After a quiet opening, Everton began to put their visitors under pressure and create scoring chances. The first arrived in the 28th minute when Johnny Heitinga got on the end of a Tony Hibbert cross but put his header over the crossbar.<\/p>\n
Six minutes later striker Louis Saha headed wide of the target from Leon Osman\u2019s cross, and it was soon the chance of substitute Magaye Gueye to force a good save out of Swansea goalkeeper Michael Vorm with a volleyed shot inside the penalty area.<\/p>\n
Despite their growing dominance, Everton ended the first half locked at 0-0 with the Welsh side. Twelve minutes after the restart Osman had the first chance of the second stanza, but his shot flew straight into the arms of Vorm.<\/p>\n
However, on the hour mark, the Toffees finally broke through: Royston Drenthe provided a perfect cross from a corner kick and Osman powered a header into the back of the net to put the hosts 1-0 up.<\/p>\n
That lone goal proved to be enough for Everton, who move on to 20 points in 11th place. Swansea remain on 18 but drop to 14th.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Everton broke a three-game winless streak in the Barclays Premier League with a 1-0 victory over Swansea at Goodison Park on Wednesday night. After picking up just one point from their last three matches, this win will come as a mighty relief for coach David Moyes and his team. As for the Swans, they are still awaiting their first away win since being promoted to the English top flight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n