Cahill Saves The Day (Again)

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Socceroo Tim Cahill blew a first-half chance but redeemed himself late by helping Everton rescue a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton in the English Premier League.

Australia's midweek goalscoring hero slotted straight back into the Toffees starting XI after his stint with the Socceroos, but Lucas Neill could only make the bench where he stayed for the full 90.

After some early pressure from Wolves, Cahill was set up by Louis Saha after Sylvain Distin's long-ball only for the Australian to hit his shot over the bar from just on the edge of the box.

Everton would rue that miss when on 75 minutes Wolves keeper Wayne Hennessy launched a long punt downfield which got through to Kevin Doyle who shot under the approaching Tim Howard to give the visitors the lead.

But two minutes from time, Cahill did well to hold up play before releasing Jo on the left side and the Brazilian's cross found Diniyar Bilyaletdinov at the back-post with the Russian firing home from close-range.

Elsewhere in England overnight, Adam Federici had an eventful match as Reading lost 3-1 at promotion-chasing West Bromwich Albion in the Championship.

The Royals had taken an early lead through Matthew Mills, but then conceded a soft goal on 29 minutes when Jobi McAnuff and Federici got in a mix-up.

A Reading corner had been cleared before McAnuff, on the halfway line, underhit a backpass intended for Federici allowing Albion's Jerome Thomas to chip beyond the stopper before winning the race to tap the ball in.

But the Australian goalkeeper then produced a string of fine saves to keep the scores level, including a brilliant save from young All-Whites international Chris Wood.

On 65 minutes, though, West Brom inevitably made the breakthrough courtesy of Thomas, before Youssouf Mulumbu added some gloss to the win with a third on 87 minutes.

Elsewhere in the Championship, Brad Jones played a full game for Middlesbrough while Rhys Williams was left on the bench after his long trips to-and-from Australia, as Boro lost 1-0 at home to Watford.

Socceroo Nick Carle didn't make the Crystal Palace squad which drew 1-1 at Cardiff City, while young Aussie Shane Lowry played a full game for Plymouth as they lost 2-0 at Blackpool.

In League One, Gareth Edds scored the opener for struggling Tranmere as they claimed a priceless 2-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.

In League Two, Shane Cansdell-Sherriff played a full game in defence as Shrewsbury moved down to 7th following a 2-1 loss at battling Darlington.

In the Blue Square Premier League, left-back James Meredith was sent off on 82 minutes after two bookable offences as York City drew 1-1 with Oxford United.