Everton vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

Follow live coverage as Everton face Arsenal in the Premier League today.

Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.

It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.

It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:

Everton FC 1 - 0 Arsenal FC

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Thanks for joining us for live coverage of Everton's 1-0 win over Arsenal in the Premier League.

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The victory hoists Dyche's men out of the bottom three, though all three teams below them are still to play this weekend. Everton fans will be hoping that win can be the catalyst in their fight against the drop. For the Gunners, they remain top, but City can close the gap to just two points with an away win against Tottenham on Sunday.

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Yellow Card Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Zinchenko

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The referee blows the full-time whistle, and what a win it is for Everton! They run out 1-0 winners after a dogged, brave display against the league leaders. It is a great start for new boss Dyche, who watched his side miss a number of opportunities before Tarkowski nodded home a 60th-minute winner. They saw out the game for all three points with some brilliant defending late on, leaving Arteta's men frustrated as they suffer just a second league defeat of the season.

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FULL-TIME: EVERTON 1-0 ARSENAL

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The visitors hoist a free-kick into the box, but more resilient Everton defending keeps them out. This has been an excellent display from the Toffees at the back.

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There is an altercation between Zinchenko and Maupay, which ends with both sets of players getting involved.

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Arsenal have a throw-in, but it is deep in their own half. Can they fashion another chance?

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A corner comes out to Zinchenko on the edge of the box, but he lashes over as more seconds tick away.

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There will be six minutes of additional time at the end of this game. Can the Toffees hold on for what could be a vital three points?

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Everton deal with the corner, though the Gunners have the ball back and come forward again. The visitors are throwing more and more bodies forward now.

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Vieira wins a corner as Arsenal ramp up the pressure in search of an equaliser.

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Pickford is yellow-carded for time-wasting over a free-kick.

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Time is running out on Arsenal if they are to salvage a result here and pick up points in the title race.

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Trossard looks to curl into the top right corner, but the Belgium international gets it badly wrong and his shot never troubles Pickford's goal.

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A Xhaka cross finds itself at the feet of Saka at the back post, but the 21-year-old fires well over as another opportunity goes begging for the Gunners.

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Trossard fizzes a shot at goal, but Pickford does well to palm it away before his defenders clear upfield.

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Odegaard misses out on the opportunity to score in four Premier League away matches in a row, as he makes way for Vieira.

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There is an almighty scramble in the Arsenal box as another corner causes havoc. The Gunners are eventually able to clear, though they are fortunate to remain just a goal down.

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Can Arteta's men haul themselves back into this game and avoid just a second league defeat of the season?

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All eight of Tarkowski's Premier League goals have been scored under Dyche, seven with Burnley and one with Everton. His goal here comes on his 200th start in the competition.

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Iwobi gives the ball away and Odegaard surges towards the hosts' box. He looks to be making room to shoot, but Coady does brilliantly to dispossess the Arsenal man before he can get anything away at goal.

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Gueye is taken out by Gabriel, though the Arsenal defender looks to have been pushed into him by Maupay. Both teams appeal for a foul, though Coote ultimately points for an Everton free-kick.

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Calvert-Lewin comes off for Maupay.

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McNeil's corner was brilliant to allow Tarkowski to meet it and head Everton in front.

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GOAL!!! Everton take the lead! Dyche's men have looked a threat from set-pieces all game long, and it is a corner that sees them break the deadlock. McNeil's corner is deep to the back post, and Tarkowski bullies Odegaard to beat him to the ball before nodding into the far corner to make it 1-0 to the hosts!

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Martinelli makes way for Trossard.

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Nketiah does brilliantly to dribble into the box, before laying the ball off for Odegaard on the edge of the box. However, the Norway international gets underneath his first-time effort and the ball soars over the crossbar.

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Another threatening Iwobi cross is only headed out to Mykolenko outside the box, but his shot from range is poor and flies well over.

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The Gunners have won more games than any other Premier League side this season when going into half-time level (five), including their last such match in the competition against United. Can they do it again here?

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A cross is swung into Arsenal's box, but Zinchenko uses all his experience to coolly nod it back to his goalkeeper before any Everton player can nip in.

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Martinelli flashes a shot at goal, but a couple of Everton defenders are there to get in the way and block the ball away from danger.

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Everton have won just three of their 44 Premier League games against sides starting the game top of the table (nine draws, 32 defeats) – 2-1 against Arsenal in October 2002, 1-0 against Chelsea in February 2010 and 1-0 against Manchester City in April 2012.

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Ramsdale tips away Gueye's deflected effort, though it would not have counted anyway as the flag goes up for offside.

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The hosts get us back under way for the second period.

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The form of the two teams may have suggested an easy win for Arsenal before the match, but Everton have more than held their own under new manager Dyche. They have just lacked that cutting edge at the crucial moment, but if they can find that, they could be on their way to three crucial points in their fight for survival.

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The game goes to the break goalless, though both teams can count themselves unlucky not to have opened the scoring. Calvert-Lewin and Doucoure both had chances to give Everton the lead, while Saka saw a volley cleared off the line at the other end by Coady on the cover. Calvert-Lewin then missed a great opportunity on the stroke of half-time, nodding a superb cross from Coleman just wide.

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HALF-TIME: EVERTON 0-0 ARSENAL

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Another big chance comes and goes! Calvert-Lewin leaps to meet a cross and nod goalwards, but his glancing header flies just wide of the left post with Ramsdale rooted to the spot.

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Pickford takes his time booting the ball upfield and is fortunate to just get his kick off before a sliding Nketiah can nip it away from him.

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The fourth official puts up his board and indicates there will be three minutes of additional time at the end of this first half.

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Martinelli whips a free-kick into the hosts' penalty area, but Xhaka can only flick well over at the near post. That would have been a great way to mark his 200th Premier League start for Arsenal.

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Everton have won their last two home league games against Arsenal, last winning three in a row against the Gunners at Goodison Park between March 1977 and August 1978. Can they pull off the upset and continue that streak here?

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Saka goes close! The Arsenal wide-man catches a volley sweetly and it looks to be destined for the bottom corner with Pickford beaten. Unfortunately for the Gunners, Coady does superbly to track back and clear the ball off the line.

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Arsenal have scored at least five goals on five separate occasions in Premier League games against Everton, including a 5-1 victory in their last meeting – no side has scored five or more goals against another in the competition more often.

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Another big chance! McNeil curls a delightful cross into the box, expertly picking out Doucoure. However, the former Watford man's header skims well wide. He really should have done better there.

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So close! Onana wins possession in midfield before a surging run takes him deep into the visitors' box. He fires a low delivery across the face of goal, but a sliding Calvert-Lewin is inches away from poking it into the net.

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Former Arsenal youth product Iwobi has impressed for the Toffees so far, creating a match-high three chances.

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Nketiah has the best chance of the match so far after battling work by Saka on the right wing, but the striker blazes his drive from a tight angle high and wide of Pickford's goal.

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Arteta's men are just enjoying a spell of possession having been under sustained Everton pressure for the last couple of minutes.

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Calvert-Lewin forces a save out of Ramsdale with a shot from a tight angle, though the Arsenal goalkeeper is able to gather relatively comfortably.

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The Toffees have looked a real threat from set-pieces, with Calvert-Lewin heading off target this time.

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Saliba makes another vital intervention, swinging his leg up to deny Tarkowski's header. It is all Everton at the moment.

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McNeil swings the corner deep to the back post, and Saliba makes a vital header to flick behind before Onana can nod goalwards.

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Iwobi whips a cross into the Arsenal box, and Gabriel is forced to head behind for a corner. Can Everton take advantage?

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After Saka momentarily receives some treatment, the winger gets back to his feet.

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Gueye catches Saka with a stray arm as he tries to fend off the Arsenal man's challenge, and referee David Coote points for a free-kick to the visitors.

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The Gunners have won 99 of their 202 league games against Everton (drawn 43, lost 60) and could become the first team in English league history to register 100 wins against a specific opponent.

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Partey lets fly from 30 yards out, but his curling effort ends up going straight at Pickford, who gathers at the second attempt. That is the first shot on target of the contest.

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McNeil's long-range effort deflects and looks to have run into the path of Calvert-Lewin, but Ramsdale is alert and quickly out to nip the ball away from the Everton man's feet.

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Onana is up and okay to continue as play is resumed. It has been an encouraging start for the hosts, albeit without any real clear-cut chances.

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Onana is down in pain after clashing heads with Saliba as the two battled for an aerial ball.

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Everton have won three of their last four Premier League games against Arsenal (lost one), as many as they had in their previous 26 against them (seven draws, 16 defeats).

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Iwobi looks to have played in Calvert-Lewin, but the striker's heavy first touch takes him wide and kills the momentum of the attack, which ultimately fizzles out.

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The two teams make their way onto the pitch ahead of this crucial game at both ends of the table.

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