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Thierno Barry ends his long wait for his first goal everton Nottingham moved to within a point of the top four with a 3–0 win over Forest.
david moyes Came out on top in the battle with its toffee predecessor sean dyche Because their faith in the young striker was finally rewarded.
It was the 23-year-old’s 17th appearance since his £27million move. Villarreal And it is his sixth consecutive start as his manager decided to rely on the Frenchman instead of the more experienced Beto.
Neither forward offered much in the way of threat – there was just one league goal between them – and Barrie’s contribution for 45 minutes was negligible.
He easily lost a physical battle with Nikola Milenkovic, whose own goal after just 82 seconds had put the visitors on the backfoot, and was left rolling on the floor after twice pouncing on the Serbian centre-back.
But Barrie, beaten by Illiman Ndiaye on the counter-attack in added time, looked on with surprising confidence as the former Everton striker fired home a first-time finish. gary lineker Would have been proud.
The joy of the player, his teammates, and most of the crowd at Hill Dickinson Stadium showed how much all parties had been looking forward to this moment.
A fourth win in five matches put Everton back into European contention, already a remarkable achievement for Moyes managing a team whose strikers were struggling to score and which was missing its last pair of senior midfielders due to some suspension and injury.
When Forest were last on Merseyside a fortnight ago they embarrassed Liverpool at Anfield, but on their return they were embarrassed in a particularly painful afternoon for Dyche, who despite twice saving the club from relegation amid financial problems and a points deduction, never won over the fans.
Their hopes of proving a point on their first return took a dive in the second minute.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall turned Dan Ndoye before firing in a cross, which Milenkovic could only divert into the same net a week earlier, when Newcastle’s Malick Thiew scored after just 55 seconds.
Everton had not lost any of their previous seven league matches since taking the lead, having won five, but they were helped by a poor Forest, who did not register a shot on target until Jordan Pickford rejected Elliot Anderson’s effort moments before Barrie’s goal.
Dyche was furious about the three-on-one counter-attack, but with support from Barrie and Charlie Alcaraz (one goal in 13) Ndiaye could have been forgiven for going it alone, but he unselfishly passed to his left to give Barrie his moment after 737 Premier League minutes.
Nicolas Dominguez, who had replaced half-time substitute Ryan Yates, was denied a goal by James Tarkowski after Pickford failed to deal with a cross and it proved vital as Dewsbury-Hall, who had earlier hit a post, drilled home from a corner.