Everton vs Coventry 3-1: Thierno Barry double sends Everton fifth

Everton beat Coventry City 3-1 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Friday night, 6 November, with striker Thierno Barry scoring twice in about five minutes and then setting up the third. The win lifted David Moyes’s side to fifth in the Premier League, at least until the rest of matchday 10 is played this weekend.

For Frank Lampard’s Coventry, it was a seventh league defeat of the season, the most in the division, and they stay 16th. The match was among the top Google searches in Pakistan overnight, where the Premier League’s Friday game finishes after 2 AM.

How the goals came

• 0-1, Yann Gboho: Coventry went ahead early in the second half through Gboho, his first goal since joining from Toulouse.
• 1-1, Barry: Everton were behind for only about four minutes before Barry headed in a looping cross at the far post.
• 2-1, Barry: About five minutes later he bundled in a scrappy second from Tyrique George’s deep ball. Coventry players appealed for handball; VAR checked and let the goal stand.
• 3-1, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: Barry turned provider, laying the ball off for Dewsbury-Hall to finish at the near post.

Lampard’s VAR complaints

Coventry felt the big calls went against them. Besides the handball shout, they had a penalty appeal turned down when VAR ruled Vitaliy Mykolenko’s challenge on Taiwo Awoniyi was outside the box. Match reports also said Everton were fortunate when James Tarkowski appeared to pull Caleb Yirenkyi’s hair without a penalty being given. ESPN reported that Lampard was unhappy with three decisions.

Barry’s hot streak

The 24-year-old Frenchman, signed from Villarreal in 2025, now has two Premier League braces this season and, according to Flashscore, sits second only to Erling Haaland in the race for the Golden Boot.

For Everton, a top-five place in November is a big change from the relegation fights of recent seasons. For Coventry, seven defeats from ten games is becoming a real worry.