Overview
- Everton beat Aston Villa 1-0 at Villa Park for a valuable away win.
- Thierno Barry, 23, scored with a deft 59th-minute dink over Emiliano Martínez from a tight angle.
- The result snapped Villa’s sequence of 11 consecutive home wins in all competitions.
- David Moyes hailed the finish as exquisite, defended the £27m signing, and stressed the need to give the young striker time.
- Merlin Rohl said Everton executed the perfect plan, highlighting contributions from Harrison Armstrong and Jimmy Garner, while Moyes noted a first-half Jake O’Brien header was ruled out for offside after recent VAR frustrations.