Alex McLeish continues to impress as Birmingham boss has he helped his over performing side to an excellent point at home to Everton. The St Andrews side came back from two goals down to secure a point against their Merseyside opponents.
Victor Anichebe and Yakubu has put the Toffees into a commanding lead but goals from Cameron Jerome and Craig Gardiner leveled things for Birmingham City.
The draw helps keep Birmingham ahead of Everton in eighth spot in the Premier League.
Everton made light work of a struggling Hull City side and could even afford the luxury of a Yakubu penalty miss as they ran riot at Goodison Park. Having defeated Man United and Chelsea in recent weeks David Moyes saw his side lose at White Hart Lane but may feel that this win at home to the Tigers could get their faint hopes of a Champions League spot back on track.
A Mike Arteta brace saw the Toffees go in at the break 2-1 up but then Moyes saw his side move up a gear to easily overcome a Hull side in the middle of a relegation dogfight.
Goals from Landon Donovan and Jack Rodwell and an own goal from Richard Garcia saw Everton home in impressive fashion and leaves the Merseyside outfit to within eight points of fourth spot.
Tottenham easily triumphed over Everton at White Hart Lane and leap frogged Manchester City into the top four in the process. In form forward Roman Pavlyuchenko put the home side ahead with his sixth goal in four games as the Toffees failed to get into gear.
Luka Modric added an excellent second to put the north London side in complete control and left David Moyes wondering what happened to the side that so wonderfully took Chelsea and Manchester United apart in recent weeks.
The second half was a more even affair and Yakubu put the Goodison Park side back in the game but the away side were unable to grab a crucial second.
Everton battled back excellently from a goal down to beat Premier League leaders Chelsea at Goodison Park. Louis Saha made up for missing a penalty by scoring a brace to help the Toffees back from a Florent Malouda opener.
A match of many talking points as Anfield played host to a blood and thunder Merseyside derby. As predicted the referee was busy all afternoon taking names but he appeared to have made an error in sending off Greek international Sotirios Kyrgiakos was given a red card for his part in a horror tackle that should probably have seen Marouane Fellaini sent off too.
Despite their numerical disadvantage Liverpool had two great chances to take the lead in the first half and Dirk Kuyt put the home side ahead early in the second half after Steven Gerrard puts in a top quality corner into the box which the in form Dutchman heads in for his 50th Liverpool goal.
The Reds held on to clinch another vital three points in their race to regain their place in the top four after a determined performance at Anfield after playing most of the match with ten men. To add insult to injury Steven Pienaar saw red, possibly a lot later than he should have done, in the dying seconds for a pointless tackle on Lucas.
Birmingham City continued their fine season with an excellent victory at Goodison Park. Goals from Cristian Benitez and Barry Ferguson gave Alex McLeish’s side a two goal lead that they held onto until Leon Osman grabbed one back for Everton but the St Andrews’ side held on to make it to round five of the FA Cup.
In the only 3pm Premier League fixture that survived the cold snap Emirates played host to a topsy turvy encounter between Arsenal and Everton. David Moyes Toffee side took the lead through a Leon Osman header from a Landon Donovan corner.
The Gunners equalizer through Arsenal midfielder Denilson, who’s shot deflected into the back of the Everton net. Steven Pienaar scored to give Everton the lead against a very average Arsenal side who seemed to badly miss skipper Cesc Fabregas but Tomas Rosicky scored a last gasp goal for the Emirates outfit.
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