Fulham reached the semi-finals of the League Cup for the first time in their history as Marco Silva, and penalty shootouts, returned to torment Everton yet again. The former Everton manager has won all three visits to Goodison Park since being sacked in 2019 and the latest, courtesy of the finest of margins, condemned his old club to a fourth exit on penalties in six seasons.
Sean Dyche’s inform side appeared to have rescued the quarter-final when substitute Beto cancelled out Michael Keane’s first-half own goal in the 82nd minute. And when Jordan Pickford, doing his utmost to distract every Fulham penalty taker, saved from Bobby De Cordova-Reid in the shootout, it gave Amadou Onana the chance to send Everton into the last four with their fifth and final penalty.
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