Everton react to Sean Dyche exit with cup win as David Moyes prepares to return
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Caretaker managers Leighton Baines and Seamus Coleman succeeded where Sean Dyche so often failed as Everton not only scored but won with a 2-0 FA Cup victory over Peterborough a few hours after sacking the former Burnley boss. Eight goalless games in 10 outings, including just one shot on target in the previous 180 minutes, played a large part in Dyche’s afternoon departure.
But more significant was the three league wins all season, leaving the team a point above the relegation zone, so with the manager gone the third round of the FA Cup offered some respite in the hands of two club stalwarts, one the under-18s coach and the other the long-serving captain.
However, their touchline stint will be a one-off with former boss David Moyes set to come back 12 years after leaving. Beto’s 42nd-minute strike, his third goal of the season coming in a third different competition, and Iliman Ndiaye’s late penalty saw a team picked by Dyche before his departure edge past the 19th-placed Sky Bet League One visitors.
Seventeen-year-old academy graduate Harrison Armstrong, making only his sixth appearance, brilliantly threaded through a pass and with Jadel Katongo leaving it too late in stepping out Beto – linked with a move to Torino – had time and space to round goalkeeper Nicholas Bilokapic for a first goal since October.
