David Moyes did not play down the importance of Leicester’s final league visit to Goodison Park. “Crucial,” he had called a contest that could nudge Everton towards Premier League safety and enable the club to start planning for a better future. A team reborn under his leadership delivered emphatically.
An opening blitz that included the fastest goal scored at the historic old stadium destroyed Ruud van Nistelrooy’s abject visitors and secured Everton’s third successive league win under their new manager. Moyes has won as many league games in 17 days and four matches as his predecessor, Sean Dyche, managed in five months and 19 games this season. Moyes’s team have also scored six goals from open play in their past two home matches, one fewer than Everton had produced all season under Dyche.
