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- Precise Naismith finish from Lukaku pass
- Lukaku pen after Silva handball
- Return leg in Ukraine on 19 March
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Latest PostGoodbye
Everton 2-1 Dynamo Kiev
At least one English club is willing to show some spirit in Europe. By the time the Toffees kick-off the second leg in Kiev next Thursday they could be the last club flying the flag for British football in Europe. Thanks for your company.
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Roberto Martinez is now addressing the national media and his thoughts have already turned to Sunday's home game with Newcastle. "On Sunday, we need that level of performance we saw in the second half tonight," says the Spaniard.
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Morgan Davies: Much better from Everton tonight, really pleasing performance. Excellent refereeing display was also great to see.
Si's Insights: Good performance from, and deserved win for, Everton. I just hope they don't live to regret the away goal.
Steven McNamara: The Europa league is underrated. Champions League hugely overrated, far too hyped. Celtic fan hoping Everton win the competition.
Phil Woodward: Why don't teams in Europa League play their league game on a Monday night? Maybe Premier League clubs will take it seriously? Well done Toffees.
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Phil Neville
Former Everton captain, BBC Sport
"Good win for the Toffees - hopefully that will give the lads confidence now for the run in."
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Paul, Wigan fan: Everton fans beware, we loved the FA Cup run with Roberto Martinez but relegation and the Championship have taken the taste away.
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Everton have won just two of their previous eight games after playing in Europe this season. Can this performance be a turning point?
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Two-time Everton league title winner Kevin Sheedy: A good win after going behind. The game highlighted how big a player Romelu Lukaku is for us. Now for Newcastle.
Manager reaction
Everton 2-1 Dynamo Kiev
Everton boss Roberto Martinez on ITV: "We learned that when we have got that tempo in our play and when we use the character we have we are a very strong team. We started with the team edgy and with a bit of anxiety in our game.
"We scored a very good goal and had one cleared off the line. You could see the momentum carrying us through. We then kept Dynamo Kiev very, very quiet and in those situations you can be exposed.
"Overall it was a very good performance and the reaction shows we are a very good team. We are not favourites as the home team always has a little advantage. Now we are looking forward to the second leg as we travel well in Europe. It is a challenge we are looking forward to."
Player reaction
Everton 2-1 Dynamo Kiev
Everton striker Romelu Lukaku on ITV: "I'm very happy with the team performance. The team reacted well after first half. We should have maybe scored three goals to be safe but they have top class players.
"It's up there with my best performances. Now we have to focus on the league as we are not doing too well.
"Everyone up front was scared to have the ball and we put the defenders and the midfielders in danger, but after 20 minutes we improved. Now we are into the last third of season and if we want to save the season we have to keep playing like this.
"We are favourites, but it will be difficult over there."
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Roberto Martinez disagrees with Romelu Lukaku's assessment that Everton are favourites to progress. The Toffees boss tells TV his team produced a 'mature' performance and his players produced a 'terrific' reaction to falling behind.
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Sevilla midfielder Vitolo scored the fastest ever goal in the Europa League as defending champions Sevilla beat Villarreal 3-1 at the Estadio El Madrigal in an all-Spanish tie. The forward scored virtually straight from the kick-off - finishing from Kevin Gameiro's lofted pass after 13.21 seconds.
Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick as Italian side Napoli fought back from going a goal down inside two minutes to beat Dinamo Moscow, who had Roman Zobnin sent off shortly after the break, 3-1 at the Stadio San Paolo.
Seydou Keita headed in from Alessandro Florenzi's corner to give Roma what could prove to be vital away goal and earned a 1-1 draw against Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Viola goalkeeper Neto had saved a penalty from Roma's Adem Ljajic moments earlier.
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It's Newcastle United at home on Sunday for Roberto Martinez's side before the second leg in Kiev. And boy, Everton need the points.
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Two-time Everton league title winner Neville Southall: Good result, good performance, good attitude, good tempo. Please do the same Sunday.
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Romelu Lukaku has just told TV his penalty is one of the biggest goals of his Everton career. He says the Toffees are favourites to reach the quarter-finals. Agree Blues fans?
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My question for Roberto Martinez is simple: Why on earth can't Everton play like that in the Premier League?
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Will Oleg Gusev's away goal prove vital for Kiev? Not too long to wait to find out. The deciding leg is next Thursday.
FULL-TIME
Everton 2-1 Dynamo Kiev
Rousing applause around Goodison Park. Everton come from behind to take a narrow lead to Ukraine.
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Another Everton attack. Dynamo Kiev's defenders are throwing their bodies in front of everything.
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Two minutes added time remaining. Everton attacking to the end. Can they get a third?
YELLOW CARD
Everton 2-1 Dynamo Kiev
Dieumerci Mbokani is rightly given a yellow card after a crunching challenge with James McCarthy.
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Robbie in New Malden: Wish English teams took the Europa League more seriously, been some fascinating match ups tonight, with top sides providing top games.
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Dynamo Kiev have erupted a white wall in front of their keeper. They'll be happy to escape with a narrow defeat.
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Ben Goodwin: Romelu Lukaku scores a vital goal every four or five matches, does nothing in the others, and is forever considered "regaining form".
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Another near miss as Leon Osman connects with Romelu Lukaku's cross but the ball fizzes just wide of the Kiev goal. This is incredible pressure from Everton.
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Everton aren't sitting back on this lead. Romelu Lukaku is again looking to power his way through Kiev's defence. Here comes another chance.
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Goodison is bouncing. Romelu Lukaku has become Everton's leading scorer in Europe. The Toffees deservedly have a lead. Can Kiev respond in the final few minutes?
GOAL
Everton 2-1 Dynamo Kiev - Romelu Lukaku
It's in! Just. Romelu Lukaku scores his seventh goal of this Europa League campaign but the Kiev keeper almost gets a foot. It's not a great pen, struck right down the middle and not all that powerfully. Everton don't care. They have the lead.
PENALTY TO EVERTON
Everton 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Handball from Danilo Silva - clearly handling Leon Osman's cross. Needless.
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Fiorentina goalkeeper Neto has saved a penalty from Roma's Adem Ljajic to preserve his side's 1-0 lead at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.
Meanwhile, a Gonzalo Higuain hat-trick has given Napoli a 3-1 lead against ten-man Dinamo Moscow and defending champions Sevilla lead 3-1 at Villarreal.
TEN MINUTES REMAINING
Everton 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Still one way traffic. But for all their attacking intent Everton are still on level terms. They need to take one of these chances.
SUBSTITUTION
Everton 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Boos ring out at Goodison. But they're not directed at Roberto Martinez. Instead it's Oleg Gusev who is on the receiving end of the fans' frustration as he eats up a few extra seconds by walking off ever so slowly. Artem Kravets is the new man on.
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Everything Sport: Steven Naismith highly underrated. Always drives Everton and almost as much of a talisman as Lukaku.
Karn: Everton fans disgraceful calling for Martinez's head. Worshipped him last year. He could win you this cup and be in Champions League.
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SUBSTITUTION
Everton 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Olexandr Shovkovskiy has been anything but convincing but the Kiev keeper gets his angles right to keep out another fierce attempt by Romelu Lukaku.
Another change. Leon Osman, who knows how to score, comes on for Ross Barkley for the final 17 minutes or so. Everton are throwing everything but the kitchen sink at this to establish the lead.
CLOSE!
Everton 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
So much talk about Andriy Yarmolenko before this game. We've not seen too much of Kiev's danger man until now as he creates space for himself just outside the area before teeing up a shot...and firing just over. Oh so close.
SUBSTITUTION
Everton 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Kiev make a change - with the experienced Denys Garmash replacing Vitaliy Buyalskiy.
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James McCarthy whips in a pin-point cross for Arouna Kone. The Everton sub, seven yards out, leaps high above his marker but his header is just about kept out by the keeper.
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Cameron Laws: A lot of people forget Lukaku is still only 21 years old. His ability for that age is remarkable, he'll keep improving.
Jamie Yates: We don't want Martinez football, Moyes football or anyone else's brand of football at Goodison Park. We want EVERTON football.
DSM: This Dynamo Kiev keeper is truly appalling, he's about on par with the legendary Massimo Taibi.
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SUBSTITUTION
Positive change by Roberto Martinez as midfielder Kevin Mirallas is replaced by striker Arouna Kone.
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This is a belter. Dynamo Kiev remind everyone they still carry a threat as Dieumerci Mbokani heads onto the roof of the net after Everton fail to clear a corner. There's movement on Everton's subs bench.
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Gonzalo Higuain has bagged a hat-trick to give Napoli a 3-1 lead against ten-man Dinamo Moscow, who had midfielder Roman Zobnin sent off shortly after the break at the Stadio San Paolo.
At the Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal's Luciano Vietto temporarily halved the deficit for the hosts before Sevilla's Kevin Gameiro netted two minutes later to make it 3-1 to defending champions in the all-Spanish tie.
Fiorentina are 1-0 up in their all-Italian tie with Roma.
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If Everton don't take a lead to Ukraine they'll be frustrated. This tie has been turned on its head. Ross Barkley has a goal-bound shot charged down before Seamus Coleman goes close with a header from Kevin Mirallas's cross. How much longer can Kiev's defence hold out?
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Another chance, another near miss. Luke Garbutt is having a busy night. He whips in another corner and Steven Naismith's glancing header flies to Romelu Lukaku, who fails to make a clean contact. Kiev's defence is creaking.
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Daniep, Darlington: Regardless of allegiance (I support man utd) i think we all want everton to do well tonight. Just so the Premier League doesn't look so bad.
Mike: Been an Evertonian all my life and honestly never seen and Everton team play so badly. 100% I was behind Roberto but it's about time he gave in his notice and we got manger that actually knows what it means to wear the blue kit. Upsetting and shocking are the words
James Marshall: The Premier League itself is the reason for European exits. Clubs now have one eye on their league positions and Europe is more of a distraction now than ever.
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Luke Garbutt whips the set-piece into the danger area from a wide angle. Everton players try but fail to head the ball - which is nonetheless on target and the Dynamo Kiev keeper is content to beat it away. It's all Everton. Wave after wave of attack.
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Those white shirts have become edgy and nervous. In contrast, the players occupying the blue shirts are swarming across the pitch and playing like a team in control. Everton have a free-kick in a dangerous area.
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What has happened to Dynamo Kiev? Their confident, free-flowing start seems an age ago. They'll be fortunate to leave Merseyside on level terms at this rate.
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Lots of energy and purpose about Everton. High tempo start to the second half. Antolin Alcaraz chancing his luck from distance. It's not a bad effort either. Applause rings out. Not long ago the home fans were booing him.
KICK-OFF
Everton 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Everton left-back Leighton Baines is in the ITV studio talking a lot of sense. Home fans would dearly wish he was on the pitch. We're back under way.
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Mike Lawson: I really do wonder how much my life has been shortened by watching Everton. Tonight is a perfect example.
Michael Mabbitt: Only Chuck Norris has ever survived going shoulder to shoulder with Lukaku.
Tim Oliver: Yes! Finally Everton actually try to attack directly, and we score.
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Former Everton and England keeper Nigel Martyn: Good finish to the first half from Everton. They need to come out and put them under the same sort of pressure at the start of the second half.
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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
"And the lesson for Everton and Roberto Martinez - football played at a decent tempo with just the occasional forward pass might get you somewhere."
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More possession. More corners. Same number of shots. Proof Everton's first half got better and better.
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Gonzalo Higuain has scored from the penalty spot to complete a first-half brace and give Napoli a hard-earned 2-1 advantage against Russian visitors Dinamo Moscow, who took the lead after just two minutes at the Stadio San Paolo.
Elsewhere, defending champions Sevilla lead fellow Spaniards Villarreal 2-0 at the Estadio El Madrigal and host Fiorentina are 1-0 up in their all-Italian tie with Roma.
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Two-time Everton league title winner Kevin Sheedy: Great goal. That's what Lukaku is all about.
HALF-TIME
Everton 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Helter-skelter at Goodison Park. Everton fans were ready to let rip but the players trudge off to applause after a strong finish to the half. There's an awful long way to go. But the Toffees are in the ascendancy.
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Everton are ending the half with a flourish. They have a huge chance. Kevin Mirallas goes round the keeper and Romelu Lukaku is screaming for the ball for a simple tap-in. But Mirallas's pass is cut out before any damage can be done.
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Si's Insights: Delighted to see Naismith equalise for Everton. The just reward for a spell of high tempo, passing, pressing play.
MJC1973: That goal been coming. That's how they should play and this from Liverpool fan.
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Talk about timing. Steven Naismith's goal has totally transformed the atmosphere at Goodison. The natives were growing restless. Now they're singing their hearts out.
GOAL
Everton 1-1 Dynamo Kiev - Steven Naismith
Everton have come alive. And they're now level. Romelu Lukaku bulldozes his way through Kiev's defence to set up Steven Naismith. The Scotland forward still has work to do but shows great composure to fire a low finish across and beyond the keeper. Goodison erupts.
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Everton 0-1 Dynamo Kiev
Better from Everton. Romelu Lukaku skims the bar with a free-kick but the referee gives a corner, thinking the keeper had made a finger-tip save. From the corner Phil Jagielka's goal-bound header is cleared off the line by Danilo Silva before Antolin Alcaraz has a shot deflected over.
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Defending champions Sevilla have doubled their lead at Villarreal, with Stephane M'bia heading in Benoit Tremoulinas's cross to make it 2-0 at the Estadio El Madrigal.
Gonzalo Higuain has headed hosts Napoli level against Dinamo Moscow to make it 1-1 at Stadio San Paolo - finishing from Faouzi Ghoulam's cross to cancel out Kevin Kuranyi's quick-fire opener.
Meanwhile, Josip Ilicic has rifled home from Mohamed Salah's throughball to give hosts Fiorentina a 1-0 lead in their all-Italian tie with Roma at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.
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Everton 0-1 Dynamo Kiev
Antolin Alacaraz is having an absolute nightmare. The Everton defender alsmost gifts Dieumerci Mbokani a goal with a dreadful back pass. The home fans are not amused.
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A rare chance for Everton. The Kiev keeper charges way out of his goal to clear a looping ball into his half but makes a bit of a mess of it. Romelu Lukaku has the ball at his feet 35-yards out. He tries his luck...the ball flies narrowly wide.
Poor miss from a rare opening.
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Everton 0-1 Dynamo Kiev
Dynamo Kiev look a threat each time they surge forward. Dieumerci Mbokani's powerful header looks as though it's heading for the net but Phil Jagielka makes a vital block.
The Ukrainian leaders are full of confidence. Sergiy Sydorchuk lets fly from 25-yards. It's a low effort that's skidding towards the net before Tim Howard sticks out a hand.
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Everton 0-1 Dynamo Kiev
Everton fans are out of their seats. Romelu Lukaku surges down the left and evades his marker but his pull-back is intercepted behind. The corner is poor and comes to nothing.
Still, at least there was some genuine positive intent there.
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Everton 0-1 Dynamo Kiev
For the second night running an English team in blue finds itself trailing at home to continental opposition. Everton just can't get going. Frustration from the stands is turning to unrest.
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Rizpey: Looks like we're having no British clubs in the last eight of any European competitions!
Tahir Valli: If Everton get battered tonight then English football is really in a rut in Europe.
Sanj: This is too much! Premier League, what's happened to all of its teams!
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It's so quiet at Goodison apart from 150 or so UK-based Kiev fans who are still celebrating their side's early lead. Everton fans urge their side forward. But they can't carve out an opening.
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James Marshall: Dynamo Kiev would do Everton a favour by knocking them out. Be able then to concentrate on PL. That's much much more important, is it not.
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Midway through the opening half and still no shot in anger from Everton. Romelu Lukaku cuts a frustrated figure. His side can't retain possession. More agony for English clubs in Europe. It's going to be a long night.
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I've just seen two more TV replays of Kiev's goal. Everton's players are too slow to react from the corner and Tim Howard is easily exposed. Poor defending.
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Roberto Martinez has his arms folded as the rain buckets down. The Everton manager does not look happy and nor should he. Kiev have the away goal. Everton have it all to do.
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Ian McGuinness: Beating Wolfsburg (second in the Bundesliga) home and away is no small feat, just look at what Bayern did yesterday.
Graham Atkinson: Antolin Alcaraz starting at the back for Everton. I fear the worst.
Neil Adams: Seventeenth place for England then in the Fifa rankings. Pretty much sums it up.
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GOAL
Everton 0-1 Dynamo Kiev - Oleg Gusev
Terrible start by Everton. It's a wonderful finish by Oleg Gusev though, running towards the near post before steering a low volley beyond Tim Howard from a corner. The hosts have had it coming.
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It took unbeaten Dinamo Moscow just two minutes to bring an end to Napoli's Europa League record run of five straight clean sheets, with Kevin Kuranyi heading in for the Russian side to make it 1-0 at the Stadio San Paolo.
There was an even quicker strike at Villarreal, where Sevilla midfielder Vitolo scored virtually straight from kick-off - finishing from Kevin Gameiro's lofted pass after 13 seconds - to give the defending champions a 1-0 lead in the all-Spanish tie.
Fiorentina are drawing 0-0 with Roma.
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Everton 0-0 Dynamo Kiev
Mbokani is wearing the number 85 shirt. That's nothing. One of the Kiev substitutes is sporting No 91.
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Another anxious moment for the Toffees defence as a cross is swung in from the left. Antolin Alcaraz loses his man and Dieumerci Mbokani narrowly fails to connect.
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It's been raining since mid-afternoon and the ball is zipping across the surface. Everton are beginning to settle with Kevin Mirallas and James McCarthy asking questions of the Kiev defence.
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Richard Clarke: Why all this talk of 'if Everton win the Europa League'. They can barely win a game in the clearly inferior PL. They are only here because they drew the weakest opposition in the last round. When they're out, people can look again at their league position which is awful. Does Martinez have a long expensive contract?
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Everton 0-0 Dynamo Kiev
Flying start by Kiev as Antunes whips in a dangerous low cross into the Everton six-yard area. Tim Howard can only beat it away. The white-shirted visitors are not hanging around.
KICK-OFF
Everton 0-0 Dynamo Kiev
A roar goes round Goodison Park. We're under way.
Manager quotes
Everton v Dynamo Kiev (20:05 GMT)
Everton manager Roberto Martinez speaking to ITV: "It's been an incredible experience for us as a football club to travel different countries and show what we are as a club and a team. It's bringing memories back of all those journeys we had in the past in Europe.
"I think the last 16 teams left, the level is fantastic. There's huge quality in those sides. The big aspect of Dynamo Kiev is the winning mentality they have. When you are ahead of teams like Shakhtar in the league, it shows what they have. It's a very, very strong unit that carries that winning mentality and it's going to be a big test."
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Rian Hoskins: Everton must watch out for Yarmolenko. Very tricky winger with a good strike on him. He and Miguel Veloso are their danger men.
Graham Roberts: Everton will not get past Kiev. Results in Europe so far have been OK, but Lille are poor, and Krasnodar nearly beat them twice.
Jan11zaj: The managers: Pellegrini messed his tactics up with 4-4-2, Jose Mourinho too defensive against 10 men, and Wenger being Wenger.
What's gone wrong with English clubs in Europe? If Everton go on and win the Europa League will that be a decent return for the Premier League? Have top-flight clubs under-performed on the continental stage this stage and why?
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Roberto Martinez has just done his pre-match TV interviews, the teams are on their way out and the Z-Cars theme tune is echoing around Goodison. We're moments from kick-off.
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It's full-time in the 18:00 GMT kick-offs around Europe and a second-half brace from former Chelsea midfielder Kevin De Bruyne helped German side Wolfsburg fight back from going a goal down after five minutes at the Volkswagen Arena to secure a 3-1 win against Italian visitors Inter Milan.
There was another fight back in Belgium, where a Tom De Sutter strike and Lior Rafaelov's penalty cancelled out Gokhan Tore's opener for Turkish side Beskitas to earn a 2-1 win for Club Brugge.
Meanwhile, Roman Zozulya's left-footed strike was enough to give Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk a 1-0 win against Dutch champions Ajax in Ukraine.
Toffees for a quid
Everton v Dynamo Kiev (20:05 GMT)
Fancy watching Everton for £1? It sounds a bargain but there is a catch. The match takes place in conflict-hit Ukraine.
The Toffees have been handed an initial allocation of 1,500 tickets for the second leg away to Dynamo Kiev on 19 March. Yet cheap tickets may still not be enough to lure Toffee fans following violence from Dynamo fans in their win against Guingamp in the previous round.
Kiev, have been ordered to partially close their stadium for the visit of Roberto Martinez's side after fans invaded the pitch and clashed with security staff. The Ukrainian Premier League club were also fined £51,000 after the crowd trouble caused the game to be briefly halted.
Flourishing Lukaku
Everton v Dynamo Kiev (20:05 GMT)
Goals, goals, goals
Everton v Dynamo Kiev (20:05 GMT)
Everton have scored just three times in their last seven Premier League games. In Europe, however, it's a different story. Seventeen in eight Europa League ties.
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Todos, London: I think Dynamo Kiev are being underestimated, they are the only unbeaten team domestically in the 10 top European leagues. Yarmolenko will be the difference tonight.
Baz, Cumbria: All this talk of English clubs in Europe. Foreign owners, managers and players.
What's gone wrong with English clubs in Europe? If Everton go on and win the Europa League will that be a decent return for the Premier League? Have top-flight clubs under-performed on the continental stage this stage and why?
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Countdown to kick-off
Everton v Dynamo Kiev (20:05 GMT)
Fifteen minutes to kick-off. The rain continues to fall on Goodison Park. Both sets of players are going through their pre-match routines and the ground is filling up. Can the Toffees produce another big European performance?
Around Europe
Former Chelsea midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has curled in a free-kick from out on the left to bag his second goal of the game and give Wolfsburg, who were a goal down after five minutes at the Volkswagen Arena, a commanding 3-1 lead against Italian visitors Inter Milan.
Meanwhile, Lior Rafaelov has scored from the penalty spot to give Club Brugge a 2-1 lead over Turkish club Besiktas in Belgium.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk lead 1-0 against Dutch champions Ajax in Ukraine.
Remember when?
Everton v Dynamo Kiev (20:05 GMT)
Everton will be hoping for a different outcome than the last time they reached the last 16 of Europe's second-tier competition. It all ended in tears in 2008 for David Moyes's men as they lost to Italian side Fiorentina on penalties.
Goals by Andrew Johnson and Mikel Arteta drew the tie level as Everton dominated the tie throughout. But Fiorentina goalkeeper Sebastien Frey produced a string of brilliant saves to keep the Toffees at bay.
It might have been seven years ago but there are still plenty of players around Goodison Park who recall that dramatic night. Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, Steven Pienaar and Leon Osman all started while Tony Hibbert and Leighton Baines were on the bench.
Everton's season 'unacceptable'
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He works for one of the most loyal boardrooms in English football, but Roberto Martinez accepts his position will be the subject of intense focus until results improve.
It is only two years ago since the Toffees boss experienced relegation and winning the FA Cup with Wigan.
"For us as a football club, the position we are in is unacceptable," adds Martinez. "At the end of the season, we need to look at why it has happened. But for the time being, we need to show a real desire to win. The team is performing in a manner that we should have got more points. But the reality is we have got 28 points. Now every game is a final."
Dominant Dynamo
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Freddy Howardinho: Maybe the Martinez passing style works well against European teams but is relegation fodder in the Premier League?
Harry Clark: Not good enough. Man City can be forgiven, Barca are a force. Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea should be doing SO much better.
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Around Europe
German hosts Wolfsburg have capitalised on a mistake from Inter Milan goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo to take a 2-1 lead against the Italian visitors. Vierinha pounced on a miscued clearance before squaring the ball for former Chelsea midfielder Kevin De Bruyne to tap home.
Meanwhile, Tom De Sutter has hit back for Club Brugge - diverting in Felipe Gedoz's low 25-yard shot - to cancel out Gokhan Tore's opener for Beskitas to make it 1-1 in Belgium.
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk lead 1-0 against Dutch champions Ajax.
Story of the Blues
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Steven Naismith says Everton's players have more than a place in the Europa League quarter-finals on their minds - they're also playing for their futures. With the club fighting to stay in the Premier League, forward Naismith says the team faces an uncertain future.
"This club is ambitious and wants to go forward and I'm sure the manager will look for a replacement to do the job he wants done if you're not doing it," said the Scotland international. "Without a doubt, people are playing for their futures. If you are not performing then you are not going to be here very long.
"The biggest motivation of all is personal pride. You don't want to be in a team that is struggling to perform every week."
Remember Rebrov?
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Remember Sergei Rebrov?
The Dynamo Kiev boss is no stranger to these shores having turned out for both Tottenham and West Ham as a striker during his playing days. Now aged 40, Rebrov is in his first managerial job having taken charge of Kiev, the club he won nine league title with as a player, last May.
Asked if he still takes an interest in his former clubs, Rebrov said: 'Of course I am still following Tottenham, West Ham - all the teams I played for. I'm glad because I think Tottenham are getting better. Harry Kane is a very good forward, scoring not just lots but some very important goals.
'I'm also very pleased for my good friend Tim Sherwood (his former Tottenham team-mate), who is doing a good job as Aston Villa manager."
National pride
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It is not only the Premier League in a state of shock after a dramatic night of Champions League action. At the same time Chelsea were going out to Paris St-Germain, Ukraine's defending champions Shakhtar Donetsk were being humiliated 7-0 at Bayern Munich.
No wonder Everton and Dynamo Kiev are both keen to restore some national pride this evening.
Team news
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Everton manager Roberto Martinez recalls Ross Barkley, Kevin Mirallas and Antolin Alcaraz to his starting line-up. The Blues were beaten 2-0 at Stoke eight days ago but make changes as midfielder Barkley comes in for Darron Gibson, Mirallas for the cup-tied Aaron Lennon and defender Alcaraz for John Stones - an injury doubt ahead of kick-off.
The visitors make three changes from their weekend win and their top league scorer Andriy Yarmolenko is in. He has nine league goals this season.
Everton XI: Howard, Garbutt, Jagielka, Alcaraz, Coleman, McCarthy, Barry, Mirallas, Barkley, Naismith, Lukaku.
Dynamo Kiev XI: Shovskovskiy, Danilo Silva, Veloso, Antunes, Dragovic, Yarmolenko, Sydorchuk, Gusev, Vida, Buyalskiy, Mbokani.
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Clint Baps: They've come this far to the detriment of their league form, Everton may as well try to win the Europa League.
Sally Anders: I can't wait for next season, Rotherham away one week, Real Madrid the next!
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Under pressure
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Home to Juventus on the Wednesday. Away to Rotherham on the Saturday. That's a scenario Everton could be faced with next season if they go down. The winners of this season's Europa League win a place in next season's Champions League.
Calm before the storm
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It's a damp night on Merseyside. Perfect conditions for a big European tie under the Goodison lights. But will storm clouds be gathering later?
BREAKING EVERTON TEAM NEWS
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Three changes to the Everton side from the defeat at Stoke last week - young midfielder Ross Barkley, Kevin Mirallas and defender Antolin Alcaraz are all recalled.
Around Europe
There are seven other Europa League ties taking place tonight - some are already under way while one has finished.
Goals from Alex Witsel and Domenico Criscito either side of the break has given Russian side Zenit St Petersburg a 2-0 win against Italian visitors Torino, who had Marco Benassi sent off after 27 minutes.
In the 18:00 GMT kick-offs, Inter Milan have been pegged back to 1-1 at Wolfsburg with Naldo's header cancelling out Rodrigo Palacio's fifth-minute opener for the Italians.
Midfielder Roman Zozulya has fired Ukrainian hosts Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk into a 1-0 lead against Dutch champions Ajax, while Club Brugge versus Beskitas is 0-0 in Belgium.
In the day's later kick-offs, at 20.05 GMT, Fiorentina host Roma in an all-Italian tie, Napoli welcome Dinamo Moscow to the Stadio San Paolo and Villarreal host defending champions Sevilla in an all-Spanish clash.
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Jekyll and Hyde
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The Toffees have won just once in 12 top-flight games yet they are playing like world-beaters on the Europa League stage, brushing aside Germany's second best team Wolfsburg and French club Lille among others.
Tonight they face a last-16 tie with Dynamo Kiev at Goodison Park. A victory is vital to take to Ukraine for next Thursday's second leg as Roberto Martinez's side look to forget their domestic troubles.
Euro trash
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They're falling quicker than an England batsman at the Cricket World Cup. This time last month seven British clubs had ambitions of conquering Europe in the Champions League and the Europa League. Then Liverpool,Tottenham and Celtic fell through the trap door. Last night it was Chelsea's turn to succumb to continental opposition.
This time next week - unless Arsenal and Manchester City can overturn first-leg deficits - Everton will be the last British team in Europe. That's right, the club 14th in the Premier League table just six points above the relegation zone.
Euro Blues
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Their season has been branded 'unacceptable' by the manager. Their Premier League future is far from secure after a dreadful run of form. Yet this time next week Everton may well be on their own flying the flag for British football in Europe.
The hopes of a Premier League team appearing in a showcase European final could rest with the likes of Darron Gibson, Luke Garbutt and John Stones - not John Terry, Diego Costa or even Steven Gerrard.
Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham and Celtic have gone. Arsenal and Manchester City are on the brink. Hands up who thought Everton would be Britain's last club standing in Europe?