Thierno Barry Scores Twice as Everton Defeats Coventry

Thierno Barry scored two goals to inspire Everton to a 3-1 comeback victory against Coventry on Friday night, moving David Moyes' side into the top five of the Premier League.

The match at the Hill Dickinson Stadium saw Yann Gboho open the scoring for Coventry early in the second half before Barry struck twice and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall added a third.

The victory continued an impressive run for Everton and carried extra significance for Moyes, who equalled Harry Catterick's record of 592 matches in charge of the club.

Frank Lampard endured a frustrating return to his former club as Coventry manager, watching his side suffer a defeat that left them in 16th place in the table.

Coventry felt aggrieved by several refereeing decisions during the match, including penalty appeals that were waved away by the officials.

James Tarkowski survived a penalty appeal in the first half after appearing to challenge Coventry players inside the area.

Lampard said, "The rules are fine. It's not a red card and I kind of get that, but the rule remains it's a foul so I felt it was a foul."

Coventry later took the lead when Gboho scored past Jordan Pickford following a deflection off Tarkowski.

Everton responded swiftly when Barry headed in an equalizer from a cross provided by Vitaliy Mykolenko in the 56th minute.

Barry scored his second goal just five minutes later to put Everton ahead, though the strike survived a video assistant referee check for a potential handball.

Dewsbury-Hall later secured the three points for Everton by scoring from a tight angle following an assist from Barry.

Moyes said, "It's great if I can build expectations because that means we are doing well but at some point someone is going to say 'Look at the size of their squad' and you might have to calm down."

The result leaves Everton pressing forward in the league standings while Coventry looks to recover ahead of their upcoming fixtures.