Football: Everton exit Europa League, all EPL clubs out of European competition
The Guardian – And then there were none. The light went out on English football’s involvement in Europe in emphatic and shambolic fashion as Everton were routed by Dynamo Kyiv in the last 16 of the Europa League.
The English Premier League side were beaten 5-2 in Kyiv and lost 6-4 on aggregate.
Roberto Martinez had targeted Warsaw as salvation from a sorry domestic season but the journey derailed in Ukraine’s capital. Criminally, his team went down without a fight. A truly woeful defensive display from Everton holed their prospects of a place in the quarter-finals and Sergei Rebrov’s clinical side took full advantage.
Andriy Yarmolenko and Vitorino Antunes started and finished the victory in stunning style respectively, but their goals were book-ended by an appalling collapse in the heart of the visiting defence. Antolín Alcaraz, Phil Jagielka and Seamus Coleman chose the wrong time to allow the weakness that has undermined Everton’s Premier League season to infect their European campaign.