Everton 1-1 Sunderland

Everton have drawn 1-1 against Sunderland in the FA Cup Quarter Final today at Goodison Park.

Sunderland started as the brighter side in the first half and it looked as though Everton hadn't recovered from the Merseyside Derby loss on tuesday. And after a few good attacks and a long spell of pressure, they took the lead in the 11th minute from after a 25 yard shot from Bardsley flew past the Everton defence and found the bottom corner of Tim Howard's goal. Sunderland remained the better team until around the 20 minute mark when the Blues finally began to wake up. And in the 23rd minute, a cross by Baines was headed on by Jelavic to find the head of Tim Cahill who slotted the ball past Mignolet. Everton finally started to put Sunderland under a bit of pressure and almost took the lead when Drenthe's 25 yard free kick hit the top of the bar. Also, we weren't just playing against Sunderland, we had to compete with a poor poor referee. A blatant Penalty against Drenthe weren't given and in the second half there was multiple appeals that were just waved away. Not to mention the yellow cards handed out to the Everton players for basically doing nothing wrong. But, the half ended 1-1.

Everton come out in the second half the much better side. The Blues dominated the game throughout the half and Sunderland couldn't get close to the Everton box. But, we couldn't turn possession into attempts on goal. We almost took the lead when John Heitinga had his header brilliantly saved and Jelavic's rebound blocked by the Sunderland keeper. But, it wasn't to be. And so, the Blues need to travel up north to the Stadium Of Light to get the win which will take us to Wembley.

My man of the match today has to be Tim Cahill. He looked sharp today and got himself a goal. His passing was much better than what it has been recently and you could see how made up he was when he equalised for ye Blues.