Associated Press - Landon Donovan debuted for Everton on Saturday, setting up one goal in a 2-2 draw with Arsenal on a day when snow disrupted the Premier League.
Donovan is on loan for 10 weeks from the Los Angeles Galaxy. The MLS and United States star sent a corner kick in the 12th minute to Leon Osman, whose header put Everton in front.
The lead lasted just 16 minutes. Denilson charged down a clearance, and the ball fell to Andrei Arshavin on the edge of the penalty area. Arshavin fed Eduardo da Silva, who touched a pass back to Denilson and his low strike deflected off Osman past U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard.
With snow blowing around the stadium, Donovan came close to restoring Everton's lead at the start of the second half. The American weaved into the penalty area, but his curling shot drifted wide.
Everton replaced Donovan with Diniyar Bilyaletdinov in the 68th minute and went ahead again in the 81st minute. Steven Pienaar raced onto a pass from Tim Cahill and chipped past goalkeeper Manuel Almunia.
Everton remained in the bottom half of the standings. Third-place Arsenal squandered a chance to take second place from Manchester United, which profited from a contentious own goal to salvage a 1-1 draw at Birmingham.
United, winner of the last three titles, is one point behind Chelsea, which got a game in hand after its clash with Hull was one of five matches to fall victim to the deep freeze gripping the country.
At a freezing St. Andrews, Birmingham went ahead in the 39th when United failed to deal with James McFadden's corner, Lee Bowyer headed the ball back across goal and it bounced off Johnny Evans to Cameron Jerome, who slotted home from six yards for his fifth goal of the campaign.
United tied it in the 63rd amid confusion. Scott Dann was under pressure from Park Ji-Sung when he turned a low cross from Patrice Evra past his own goalkeeper, Joe Hart, but the referee's assistant appeared to have been flagging for offside against Wayne Rooney.
Referee Mark Clattenburg consulted with one of his assistants before awarding the goal, leading to protests from Birmingham players and manager Alex McLeish.
Birmingham had a man advantage from the 84th after Darren Fletcher was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Jerome having been booked just before halftime for a challenge on Bowyer.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sports/81067147.html#ixzz0cA8A7bMD
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