Fifteen minutes after the final whistle a bouncing, hazy blue away end resembled something of a pub lock‑in and Frank Lampard said he understood the Everton fans’ reluctance to make tracks home after watching their team record a precious victory in the fight for Premier League survival.
After all, they had a first win away from Goodison Park since August to cherish and, better still, victory hoisted Everton to 16th, a point above the relegation zone with the advantage of a game in hand on those below them. Even a calamitous mix-up between Yerry Mina and Séamus Coleman, which allowed Patson Daka to cancel out Vitalii Mykolenko’s stunning volley, would not tarnish this day out, with Mason Holgate exposing Leicester’s vulnerabilities at set pieces to head in a winner.
