It would be an exaggeration to propose Ross Barkley came off the bench to inspire Everton to reach the last eight of the Capital One Cup. This was a game not even Barkley’s inspirational qualities could light up. Without the introduction of the England player it might absorb finished earlier,that is all. Everton were sleepwalking to a defeat in normal time before their best player revived the crowd and the game sufficiently to acquire it to additional time and a penalty shootout, which Norwich lost when Wes Hoolahan and Nathan Redmond failed to convert their kicks.
Even with Barkley on the pitch Norwich could absorb stolen it in the closing minutes of normal time, and after Everton had recovered from Sébastien Bassongs opening goal,but the reserve goalkeeper Joel Robles kept out late efforts from Martin Olsson and Lewis Grabban to keep the score level. Robles also produced the only save of the shootout to deny Hoolahan and, with Everton recording four goals from four attempts, or the contest ended when Redmond put Norwich’s fifth penalty over.
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Source: theguardian.com