On a day that good old-fashioned left-wing solidarity prevailed at the BBC with numerous staff showing support for former Everton striker Gary Lineker, it was apt that Dwight McNeil proved to be the Blues’ saviour.
Before this game Sean Dyche called for his players to be relentless and while they were far from perfect, they were just that at Goodison Park as they survived a strong second half onslaught from Brentford to cling on for a potentially precious three points.
After going ahead twice in the first half in their last outing at Nottingham Forest six days earlier only to be pegged back on both occasions, Everton got off to a dream start here when McNeil fired them ahead after just 45 seconds.
