The manager had to make changes to the team that started at Brighton because two more first-choice players were injured, but he got great performances from the two replacements in what was a fantastic display all around. James Garner made his first appearance after a lengthy layoff with a back issue, and Beto came in to lead the line in place of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and Doucouré raced onto Jordan Pickford’s ball forward and fired home with just ten seconds remaining, setting the home team on their way to an impressive victory that goes a long way to banishing fears of relegation.
Doucouré should have extended Everton’s lead to three when Vitalii Mykolenko picked him out with a low cross from the left but he side-footed over from close range but Beto made no mistake in first-half stoppage time.
Latching onto James Garner’s perfectly-weighted pass, he rolled the ball past Mads Hermansen to put the Blues into a commanding lead at the interval.
Given the large lead the home team had built, the second half was obviously less exciting from their point of view. However, Jesper Lindstrøm had a gilt-edged opportunity to open the scoring before Iliman Ndiaye completed the rout in the ninetieth minute.
The keeper was left to beat with skill after the Senegalese pounced on a ricochet, hassling Jannik Vestergaard and Caleb Okoli.
The result elevates Everton above Tottenham in the table for the time being but also places 10 points between them and the relegation zone.
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