Sigurdsson wonder goal helps Everton get through

HAJDUK SPLIT

Radosevic 43

EVERTON

Sigurdsson 46

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Everton win 3-1 on aggregate Gylfi Sigurdsson marked his first Everton start with a spectacular goal to help put Ronald Koeman’s side into the group stages of the Europa League with a 1-1 away draw against Hajduk Split.

Everton were defending a 2-0 lead from the play-off first leg at Goodison Park, which had been marred by crowd trouble among the travelling supporters, with play stopped during the first half and governing body Uefa launching disciplinary action against both clubs.

Last night, Josip Radosevic halved the deficit with a 30-yard effort just before half-time, which looked to have taken a deflection off the back of Everton defender Leighton Baines as it flew past Jordan Pickford into the top right corner

However, the Stadion Poljud was silenced less than a minute after the restart when Icelander Sigurdsson, who completed his £45 million move from Swansea last week, looped the ball in with an angled drive from just inside the Hajduk half.

Pickford, signed from Sunderland for an initial £25m this summer, then saved a penalty from Ahmed Said as Everton closed out a 3-1 aggregate win to take their place in today’s group stage draw.