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ALMOST A HAUNT: HOW CLOSE DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN CAME TO BREAKING EVERTONIAN HEARTS
Thierno Barry Everton goals 2026, Dominic Calvert-Lewin return to Everton, Idrissa Gana Gueye AFCON return, and David Moyes tactics.
Everton fans finally got a night where they didn’t have to regret letting the Premier League’s top English scorer walk out the door for nothing. Dominic Calvert-Lewin showed up for his first match back against his old team and even hit the post, but it was Thierno Barry—the guy Everton brought in to fill his boots—who stole the show. Barry bagged another stunning goal, saving Everton from a loss for the second week in a row.
Calvert-Lewin got a few boos from the crowd, but Barry’s name echoed around Hill Dickinson Stadium. He and Beto used to be the punchline—two strikers who couldn’t buy a goal and just kept swapping places. Not anymore. Barry’s got four goals in his last five league games. He started his Premier League run with 15 shots and no goals, but now he’s scored five times from his last ten attempts. He didn’t do much before halftime, just like the rest of Everton, but after the break, he turned it on.
The match really broke into two clear halves, all down to the managers. Daniel Farke had the first half all figured out. But then David Moyes made a huge adjustment—he switched to Farke’s back three, shook up a team that had barely threatened at all (zero shots on target for the first hour!), and suddenly they looked dangerous.
A lot of that came from an unexpected source: Idrissa Gana Gueye. He’s a defensive midfielder who just won AFCON last week, and out of nowhere, he became Everton’s main attacking threat. Gueye set up Barry’s goal and then almost scored himself, smashing a shot off the bar from 20 yards. After barely playing since his bizarre red card for slapping Michael Keane at Old Trafford back in November, Gueye owed Everton something. Last night, he paid them back.
Barry’s starting to look like he’s worth the £27 million Everton spent. There was real skill in the outside-of-the-foot shot that forced a save from Karl Darlow, and his goal showed real confidence—he just lifted the ball over the keeper, thanks to Gueye’s low cross at the near post. Moyes summed it up: “That’s textbook centre-forward play. He beat the defender and finished well. Great run.”
Everton fans got a taste of this already, like when Barry chipped Emi Martinez to seal their best win of the season at Aston Villa. He’s settling in, no doubt. “I’m really pleased for Thierno,” Moyes said. “Strikers need goals, and he didn’t get one at first. It’s not easy for big-money signings in this league.”
Barry’s just getting started, but Moyes is nearing the end of his career. Still, the 62-year-old showed he’s got plenty of tricks left. At halftime, he made bold moves—pulled Dwight McNeil (who’d left James Justin wide open for Leeds’ goal) and Harrison Armstrong, and brought on Jarrad Branthwaite for his first appearance this season and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall for his first in 2026. “I didn’t plan to use Jarrad or Kiernan so early,” Moyes admitted. But with injuries stacking up and more options available, even without Jack Grealish, he used his bench smartly.
Not that Everton started well. “We were really poor in the first half,” Moyes said. “I can’t explain it.” They looked lost against Farke’s setup. Farke’s reputation is all about defensive solidity, and he started five defenders plus two holding midfielders. You’d expect a defensive lineup, but it actually freed up his wing-backs—and it worked.
His left wing-back scored. The right almost got an assist. Justin finished off a low cross from Anton Stach that slipped through Calvert-Lewin’s legs and landed perfectly for him. Then Calvert-Lewin had his chance, clanging the post off Jayden Bogle’s cross. “Dominic probably should have scored,” Farke said with a sigh.
Calvert-Lewin is the man who scored that famous goal against Crystal Palace in 2022—the one that kept Everton up, saved them from relegation and financial meltdown, and helped fund their new stadium. Last night, his old teammate Jordan Pickford stopped him from adding to that legacy.
Injuries are really why Everton didn’t match Calvert-Lewin’s salary requests. There have been times they’ve missed him this season. Goals have been hard to come by—only Sunderland in the top 14 have fewer—and home wins are rare. Hill Dickinson Stadium might look top-class, but it’s no fortress. The last five visitors all left undefeated.
Leeds heads back across the Pennines with some regrets. “Slightly disappointed we didn’t win all three points,” Farke said. That would’ve topped off a remarkable comeback. They managed just 11 points in their first 13 league games—now they’ve picked up 15 from the last 10.
Even so, they’ve only moved up two spots, and over the weekend, West Ham and Nottingham Forest got even closer. “We can’t control what happens elsewhere,” Farke pointed out. “It’s a long season—38 games—and not every matchday works out for you.”
And this one didn’t. Leeds sit on 26 points. Last season, that would’ve kept them up, but this year, it’s not enough. There’s still a lot of work ahead, though Farke stays positive: “This group has shown again we’ve got what it takes to pick up enough points and stay in the league.”
LONDON DERBY: CHELSEA AND TOTTENHAM TO BATTLE FOR BAYERN’S KIM MIN-JAE THIS SUMMER
Kim Min-Jae is back on the radar! Discover why Chelsea and Tottenham are racing to sign the Bayern Munich defender this summer.
Are Chelsea and Tottenham about to scrap over a top defender this summer? It’s not out of the question.
Both clubs have different priorities right now, but things could get interesting if Bayern Munich decide to let Kim Min-Jae go. That would put two London rivals on a collision course, each desperate for defensive reinforcements.
Chelsea, under Liam Rosenior, appears to be a different team, boasting eight wins from eleven games in all competitions. Rosenior’s barely had time to settle in, and he’s already been tested on four fronts. They’re hungry, and the mood around Stamford Bridge has shifted.
Tottenham, though, are in a very different place. They’re flirting with the relegation zone, and this time the threat feels real. West Ham, Leeds, and Forest are all clawing for survival. Spurs have Igor Tudor in charge until the end of the season, and managing in England for the first time while juggling a pile of injuries isn’t exactly a dream start. If they stay up, and right now, that’s still a big "if", they’ll need to strengthen fast.
That’s where Kim Min-Jae comes in. Both Chelsea and Spurs are eyeing him up, according to reports. Bayern paid £43 million to bring him in from Napoli last year, making him the most expensive Asian player ever. He helped Napoli win the Scudetto before that, and he’s won titles in Germany and South Korea, too. The guy knows how to get over the line.
But things haven’t clicked at Bayern. Kim was excellent in their 3-0 win over Bremen last weekend, but he’s mostly been third-choice behind Upamecano and Tah. Ten Bundesliga starts, just two in the Champions League. Not exactly what he signed up for. Bayern insider Christian Falk says Chelsea and Spurs have both shown interest, and Kim’s on their shortlist. Liverpool have been linked to, but right now, it’s the London clubs circling.
Chelsea have a hole at the back ever since Thiago Silva moved on. Kim, at 29, would instantly become the oldest player in the squad – not a bad thing for a team packed with young talent that sometimes looks a bit lost under pressure. They need his experience.
Spurs, on the other hand, have a solid pairing with Van de Ven and Romero, but if they lose one, things get thin pretty fast. Kim would be an upgrade on their depth and could slot straight into the starting eleven. And let’s be honest, the Son Heung-min effect is real. Kim would draw huge support from South Korea, just like Son has.
Kim isn’t agitating for a move just yet, but if Bayern decide to cash in and the right offer lands on the table, don’t be surprised to see him in the Premier League next season. Whether it’s in blue or white, that’s the part nobody knows yet.
PGMOL SIDELINES CHRIS KAVANAGH AS REFEREEING STANDARDS COME UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY
Chris Kavanagh won't referee this weekend! Analyse the PGMOL decision and Wayne Rooney’s "worst ever" handball claim at Villa Park.
Chris Kavanagh won’t be refereeing any Premier League games this weekend, and honestly, that’s no surprise after all the drama in last Saturday’s Aston Villa vs Newcastle FA Cup match.
Kavanagh and his assistants, Gary Beswick and Nick Greenhalgh, got hammered by critics for how they handled that fourth-round tie at Villa Park. There was no VAR in play; none of the matches in that round had it, so the officials had to make the big calls themselves.
They missed Tammy Abraham standing offside for Villa’s first goal. Then Lucas Digne put in a high challenge on Newcastle’s Jacob Murphy, the sort of tackle that usually gets a red card, but nothing happened. Later, Digne got penalised for a handball, but he was clearly inside the box, and somehow the ref gave a free-kick outside instead.
This weekend, Beswick is working as an assistant for the Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool game on Sunday, but Kavanagh and Greenhalgh are nowhere to be seen on the official appointments list.
Referees are judged on their performances. The Professional Game Match Officials (PGMOL) decide who gets which games based on a bunch of factors, including independent assessments after each match.
Still, Kavanagh is well-regarded among refs. He just made it onto UEFA’s top officials list and often gets Champions League matches. Earlier on Monday, Wayne Rooney chimed in and said the mistakes from Saturday showed just how much refs have come to rely on VAR.
On BBC’s live coverage that night, Rooney called the handball decision “one of the worst” he’d ever seen. Later, on his podcast, he said, “I think there’s over-reliance on VAR. Now the officials are used to it; they wait for VAR to bail them out. With no VAR, they have to make the call themselves, and they’re so used to keeping the flag down that it cost them yesterday.”
Graham Scott, who used to referee in the Premier League, joined the podcast too. He pushed back against the idea that refs hide behind VAR. “I work with them closely; I know these guys, and they’re not like that,” Scott said. “That’s not how they think or work. I spent half my career with VAR and half without it – well, actually, without it first. Even when I was in the Premier League, I’d sometimes ref in the Championship with no VAR. You’re in and out, but your process doesn’t really change.”
VAR comes back for the FA Cup from the fifth round. In the Premier League, officials are told to trust their own judgement. The English top flight actually has the lowest rate of VAR interventions in Europe’s major leagues. Here, they only overturn a call if it’s clearly and obviously wrong.
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