Frank Lampard is only one game into his reign as Everton manager but already he’s ahead of most of his recent predecessors in one key respect.
Only once since September had the Blues tasted victory at Goodison Park before Saturday and on that occasion, they’d had to come from behind and not gone ahead against Arsenal until two minutes into stoppage time.
As glorious as that isolated Premier League highlight of the previous four months had been for Everton, it had not been a night they could enjoy until the very end.
