West Brom denies Everton
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Diego Lugano scored his first goal for West Bromwich Albion to rescue a 1-1 draw against Everton on Monday in new manager Pepe Mel’s first Premier League game in charge.
The Uruguay international’s 75th-minute header prevented a misfiring Everton side to go back into the top four after Kevin Mirallas had given the visitors a first-half lead.
Everton had a goal correctly disallowed for offside with the last kick of the game, leaving the team in sixth place, a point behind Liverpool and Tottenham. “I think it was a fair result in the end,” Everton midfielder Gareth Barry said.
Mel replaced Steve Clarke, who was fired last month, having been sacked by Real Betis himself. He said he still needed time to make the team play the way he wants, but was pleased with the performance.
“First half, we were too open. But (in the) second half we were compact,” Mel said.
Mirallas put his team ahead after Romelu Lukaku, who spent last season on loan at West Brom, headed down a long pass into the Belgian’s path and he slotted a low shot into the net. The hosts ramped up the pressure in the second half, and Lugano met a cross from James Morrison to thump a powerful header past Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard.
In Spain, two goals by Ibai Gomez helped Athletic Bilbao come from behind to beat Valladolid 4-2 at the new San Mames stadium in the Spanish league.
Valladolid opened the scoring when Oscar Gonzalez struck the back of the net from what appeared to be an offside position in the 15th minute.
But in an eventful last 25 minutes, Gomez pounced on Valladolid goalkeeper David Marino punched-out save to equalize in the 65th, before Oscar de Marcos added another for Athletic 10 minutes later.
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