At pounds 55 it is not so much a snip, more a deep gash in any holiday budget. Sent off: Everton Ferguson.Man of the match: Stimac.Attendance: 34,876.. Sport and the Business of Law By David Griffith-Jones (Butterworths, paperback, pounds 55) `TIS WINTER when a person's thoughts turn lightly to the summer holidays; lazy days, lying on a beach, with a good book for company. Substitutes not used: Allen, Gerrard (gk).Derby County (4-4-2): Poom; Rowett, C Powell, Stimac, Sturridge; Wanchope, Delap, Willems (D Powell 72), Carsley; Eranio, Dailly. Five minutes after Ferguson's dismissal, and with Everton still trying to reshape their side, Igor Stimac headed Gary Rowett's corner through goalkeeper Thomas Myhre's hands for his first goal of the season.Derby moved closer to victory five minutes after the interval, when Wanchope tapped the ball home from close range after a four-man move had cut the Everton defence apart.An overhead kick from Claus Thomsen brought him his first goal for Everton and gave them late hope of snatching a draw, but Derby were able to hang on.Goals: Stimac ( 21) 0-1; Wanchope (50) 0-2; Thomsen (85) 1-2.Everton (4-4-2): Myhre; Thomas, Short (Bilic, 81), Watson, Tiler; Ball, Farrelly, Grant (Thomsen, 38), Oster; Madar (Cadamarteri, 14), Ferguson. After only 16 minutes, the Everton striker lashed out at Paulo Wanchope inside the Derby area as the players challenged for the ball. As far as I am concerned a penalty should have been given - and then Duncan sent off." Kendall refused to say what action, if any, will be taken against Ferguson.Everton had a torrid first half, with Mickael Madar and Tony Grant limping off.
It was very clear that Duncan was pulled back in the area and he reacted to that. However, he then showed Ferguson the red card after Wanchope crashed to the floor and writhed around in apparent agony. To rub salt into Everton's wounds, Wanchope scored Derby's second goal as the Rams won 2-1 for only their third away victory of the season.Kendall said: "I don't need to see it again. Ferguson was clearly being held back by the Costa Rican, but the referee, Steve Dunn, failed to give a penalty. HOWARD KENDALL criticised Duncan Ferguson after his new captain was sent off for the fourth time in his Goodison Park career.
The victory takes Kaiserslautern one step closer towards being the first promoted club to win the title.In Spain, two goals from Croatia's Davor Suker helped Real Madrid overpower Gijon 3-0 to return to the top of the Primera Division, one point ahead of Barcelona, who drew 0-0 with Mallorca.Gijon's defeat leaves them firmly rooted to the bottom of the table, with just six points.. The Bulgarian midfielder Marian Hristov seized on a defensive error to shoot from close range into an open goal in the 81st minute and hand Stuttgart their first home defeat of the season. Michael Preetz and Ante Covic scored the home goals.To compound Bayern's misery, Kaiserslautern, the league leaders, scored a late winner at VfB Stuttgart to extend their advantage to five points. Third-placed Lazio won 2-0 at Bari to record their 13th consecutive match without defeat. Vladimir Jugovic put the visitors ahead from the penalty spot and Giuseppe Favalli added a second a minute from time. Oliver Bierhoff scored his 17th league goal of the season as fourth-placed Udinese came from behind to draw 1-1 with Parma, who finished the match with 10 men after the French defender Lilian Thuram was sent off on the stroke of half-time.Bayern Munich, the defending champions who are currently lying second in the German Bundesliga, were deservedly beaten 2-1 by Hertha Berlin in front of 76,000 fans at the Olympic stadium.
