The onus is not only on Everton’s goal-shy strikers to turn promising play into points, David Moyes had stated before Fulham’s visit. “I want more goals from my centre-halves and midfielders as well.” The Everton manager’s wish was duly granted as Idrissa Gana Gueye and Michael Keane delivered a deserved victory over Marco Silva’s toothless team.
Everton’s second win in nine matches arrived in relative comfort with Fulham demonstrating why their leading scorer this season is opposition own goals. A 20-minute spell in the second half aside, the visitors were easily subdued by Everton’s greater urgency, physicality and quality. Fulham will be in trouble on this evidence. The hosts had three goals disallowed for offside too but a poacher’s finish from Gueye in first-half stoppage time and Keane’s late effort ensured there would be no reprieve for the former Everton manager.
