James Tarkowski embodied Everton's new-found spirit by powerfully heading the Toffees to victory over Premier League leaders Arsenal in Saturday's lunchtime kick-off.
The centre-back, reunited with former Burnley manager Sean Dyche at Goodison Park, held off Martin Odegaard before finishing beyond Aaron Ramsdale on the hour mark. Everton showed all of the desire and quality that evaded them towards the end of Frank Lampard's tenure, relentlessly pressing their visitors, who lacked their usual fluency on Merseyside.
Bukayo Saka had the best chance of the match for the Gunners but saw his volley cleared off the line by Conor Coady, while Jordan Pickford stood firm in the face of a late barrage. The result gets Dyche's reign off to the best possible start after a 105-day winless run for Everton - and deals a painful blow to Arsenal's title chances.
