David Moyes's Everton secured a convincing 4-0 victory against Leicester City, with Abdoulaye Doucouré scoring the fastest goal ever recorded at Goodison Park. The commanding performance, featuring a blistering first half, underlined Everton's resurgence under Moyes's leadership.
David Moyes emphasized the significance of Leicester's final league visit to Goodison Park , calling it a 'crucial' match that could propel Everton toward safety and pave the way for a brighter future. Under his guidance, the team delivered a resounding performance. A blistering start, featuring the fastest goal ever scored at the historic stadium, decimated Ruud van Nistelrooy's hapless visitors and secured Everton 's third consecutive league win under their new manager.
Moyes has achieved as many league victories in 17 days and four matches as his predecessor, Sean Dyche, managed in five months and 19 games this season. Furthermore, Moyes's team has scored six goals from open play in their last two home matches, one fewer than the total scored by Everton in their previous five home games. 'If you'd offered me three wins from four games in the position we were in, I'd have said: 'Thanks very much' and taken it,' said Moyes. 'It is a big result for us. We are getting closer to the teams above us rather than the teams below getting closer to us, but I'm not getting carried away. The job to do is to make sure we are a Premier League team next season.'Everton's dominance was evident from the outset. The fastest Goodison goal, scored in a mere 10.18 seconds, saw Abdoulaye Doucouré capitalize on a lightning-fast counter-attack. The ball went from kickoff, back to Jordan Pickford, launched forward, and into Doucouré's path, who effortlessly slotted it past Mads Hermansen. Leicester's defending was appallingly poor and failed to improve. Everton doubled their lead within six minutes. Wout Faes and Jannik Vestergaard, Leicester's central defensive pairing, were caught out of position again by a precise pass from James Tarkowski, allowing Beto to race through and beat Hermansen. At the other end of the pitch, Jamie Vardy could only shake his head in disbelief at the unfolding events. 'We wanted to build on a good win at Spurs, but we threw it out of the window in five minutes,' lamented Van Nistelrooy. 'It was not good enough. We were not ourselves today.' Everton continued to press, with James Garner, making his first start in almost four months, proving to be a creative force in midfield. Beto, tasked with leading the line in Dominic Calvert-Lewin's absence, worked tirelessly and showed composure in front of goal, exploiting Leicester's disorganization. Beto and Garner combined to give Everton a 3-0 half-time lead, replicating their previous home match's success. Garner dissected Leicester's defense with a superb pass, allowing Beto to confidently finish. The match could have been even more lopsided for Everton, who had numerous chances. Illuman Ndiaye eventually added a fourth goal, capitalizing on a chaotic mix-up between Faes and Caleb Okoli. His confident strike epitomized the renewed belief and attacking prowess injected into Everton's play by Moyes's arrival
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