Everton defeated Coventry City 3-1 at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Friday, with Thierno Barry scoring twice to lift David Moyes's side into fifth place in the Premier League.

Moyes's side trailed to Yann Gboho's goal early in the second half. Barry netted twice in five minutes to turn the game. The result marked Everton's third successive victory in all competitions.

Barry has now reached 10 goals this season, surpassing his total for the entire 2025-26 campaign. He has six goals in his last seven appearances. Moyes said this week that Manchester City star Erling Haaland "should be worried" about Barry replacing him as the Premier League's most lethal striker.

The win allowed Moyes to equal Harry Catterick's record of 592 games as Everton manager. Catterick won the First Division title and the FA Cup with Everton. Moyes, in his second spell in charge, is still waiting to end the club's long trophy drought, which dates back to 1995.

Everton achieved the victory without Jack Grealish, who has been suspended following a breach of discipline after he reportedly skipped a training session.

Coventry head coach Frank Lampard was frustrated after three "big decisions" went against his side. Lampard was left frustrated with a pair of rejected penalty appeals that could have turned the match in his side's favor.

Coventry believed James Tarkowski should have been penalized and sent off for pulling Caleb Yirenkyi's hair. They were also frustrated when Vitaliy Mykolenko's shove on Taiwo Awoniyi failed to yield a penalty immediately after half-time.

Lampard, who managed Everton from January 2022 to January 2023, has now seen 16th-placed Coventry beaten three times in their last four games. This was the first meeting between the sides since 2001.

Coventry took the lead in the 52nd minute. Jack Rudoni's pass squeezed through Everton's slack marking towards Gboho, who poked past Jordan Pickford from six yards. The Ivory Coast midfielder's first goal since his close-season move from Toulouse was swiftly cancelled out by Barry four minutes later.

Mykolenko swung an in-swinging cross into the Coventry area and Barry was left unmarked to thump his header past Carl Rushworth from close-range. Everton went in front after 62 minutes when Barry pounced on the rebound after his initial shot was saved, despite Coventry's appeals for handball.

Barry turned provider in the 81st minute, clipping a pass through to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who lashed past Rushworth from a tight angle.