Burnley vs Everton review: Eto'o shows that class is permanent
Going into the game on Sunday, no team felt that they had offered their best efforts to gaining a significant start to the season. Burnley however went into the game without a win in eight games and a sense of growing depression in wanting that vital first win of the season. As for Everton, they had only just started to show signs of starting the form that show them finish fifth last season. This game gave Martinez's side a chance to add to their momentum and gains some goals. The combination of playing both Samuel Eto'o and Romelu Lukaku up front created Burnley a lot of defensive problems and Eto'o showed his doubters, such as ex-boss Jose Mourinho, that he still has pure football excellence by driving home a quality header from a Baines' cross in the 4th minute. His fellow striker Lukaku had a mixed game though. Lukaku gave an awkward backpass which lead to Burnley's goal but did repay the travelling fans by scoring nine minutes after his mistake.
The moment of the match came in the 85th minute of the game, when substitute Steven Piennar passed to the eventful man of the match, Samuel Eto'o. Eto'o played it cool and slowly turned towards the goal and curled the ball superbly into Heaton's goal from 25 yards. Watching this goal, I think that many football fans would say that he's been scoring that type of goal since his early playing days with Real Madrid. Any club would let Eto'o join on a free as his footballing class is something that only a few players keep throughout their career.
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Romelu Lukaku looks to the sky after scoring Everton's second goal of the game to make it in 2-1 in the 29th minute.
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