If Everton are to survive then Goodison Park is key.
That has been the mantra, muttered through sleepless nights, throughout the eternity since Alex Iwobi’s stoppage-time winner against Newcastle last month. But once again the home crowd gave credence to the claim as they roared the Blues on to another memorable victory over a Manchester United side that crumbled on Merseyside.
There was a fear a Saturday lunchtime kick-off was the worst timing for the latest so-called cup final for a club with painfully few cup final appearances over recent decades. It was thought this was a game best-suited to being played under the lights - the conditions in which Everton put up such a courageous performance against Manchester City before being thwarted by awful officiating.
