Dele Alli's brace was a welcome bonus for Frank Lampard as his Everton side provided a number of positives against Blackpool.
The Blues gained their first win - scoring their first goals - of pre-season during an impressive performance on the seaside. Alli's display was one of several positives that stood out, the former Tottenham Hotspur player scoring twice and repeatedly presenting a threat to Blackpool.
Lampard was clear his side is "absolutely not the finished article" following the Bloomfield Road win - which followed summer defeats to Arsenal and Minnesota United. But "little stories" like that of Alli's performance and the stand out displays of wing backs Nathan Patterson and Vitalii Mykolenko were "a good step forward", he said:
