A goal from Ross Barkley, right, proved the difference as Everton defeated host Swansea City. Rebecca Naden / Reuters
A goal from Ross Barkley, right, proved the difference as Everton defeated host Swansea City. Rebecca Naden / Reuters
A goal from Ross Barkley, right, proved the difference as Everton defeated host Swansea City. Rebecca Naden / Reuters
A goal from Ross Barkley, right, proved the difference as Everton defeated host Swansea City. Rebecca Naden / Reuters

Football

Ross Barkley lifts Everton over Swansea City

Ross Barkley enhanced his ever-growing reputation by scoring directly from a free kick to move Everton provisionally up to fourth place with a 2-1 win at Swansea in the Premier League on Sunday.

Associated Press

December 22, 2013

  • English
  • Arabic

SWANSEA CITY 1 EVERTON 2

Swansea

Oviedo 70’ (og)

Everton

Coleman 66’, Barkley 84

Man of the match

Ross Barkley (Everton)

SWANSEA, Wales // Ross Barkley enhanced his ever-growing reputation by scoring directly from a free kick to move Everton provisionally up to fourth place with a 2-1 win at Swansea in the Premier League on Sunday.

Seamus Coleman put Everton in front in the 66th minute with a ferocious strike, although the visitors were pegged back when Bryan Oviedo put Dwight Tiendalli’s off-target effort into his own net.

But Barkley stepped up in the 84th to beat Gerhard Tremmel with a free kick that came off the underside of the bar on its way in.

Everton moved a point ahead of Chelsea and a point behind Arsenal.

Arsenal and Chelsea play in Monday’s only game.

Swansea is 11th after another frustrating match for the Welsh club, which lacked an end product.

Follow us on twitter at