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Swansea 3-0 Everton: Garry Monk gets one over Roberto Martinez with impressive win

Goals from Nathan Dyer, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Marvin Emnes saw the Swans stun the Toffees and march into the next round


Swanning off: Sigurdsson was once again in the goals as Swansea saw off Everton

Garry Monk got one over on his old boss Roberto Martinez as Swansea advanced to the last 16 of the Capital One Cup.

The Swans had never beaten the Toffees in 20 previous meetings, but goals from Nathan Dyer, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Marvin Emnes sent the 2013 winners through at the Liberty Stadium.

Monk had been made Swansea skipper when Martinez was in charge of the Welsh club, and the pair remain close friends.

But there were no favours handed out as Everton’s stuttering start to the season continued.

The Toffees had Bryan Oviedo back in their side after eight months out with a broken leg, while Darron Gibson made a first start in exactly 12 months.

The pair played a hand in a bright Everton start, With Samuel Eto’o dragging an effort wide and Antolin Alcaraz failing to prod home at the far stick thanks to Sigurdsson’s block.

But Swansea winger Jefferson Montero was causing Tony Hibbert all manner of problems down the left flank and it was no surprise when the opener came from that source.


In the goals: Emnes grabbed a late third as the Swans swept the Toffees aside

The Ecuadorian barged between the full-back and Muhamed Besic, with his pull-back giving Dyer the time to beat a scrambling Howard from 12 yards.

Everton should have levelled just before the break when Christian Atsu picked up a loose Dyer pass to set-up a two on one, but he hesitated and found Eto’o in an offside position.

Martinez sent on £28million man Romelu Lukaku at the break in an effort to turn things round, with the powerful Belgian and Aiden McGeady firing fierce drives over the bar from the edge of the area.

But the clearer chances were coming at the other end, with the excellent Montero escaping Hibbert again to tee up a Sigurdsson header which Howard did well to push to safety,

The American could do little when the second did arrive. Sylvain Distin’s botched attempted diving clearance beat his own keeper and hit the bar, with Sigurdsson on hand to tap in the rebound.

There was no way back for the Toffees and Swansea celebrations were capped off three minutes from time.

Substitute Emnes had only been on the field 74 seconds when he cut inside to rifle a low shot into the bottom corner.

Source: Mirror