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Everton’s blistering first-half display secured a 3-2 win over a woeful Tottenham Hotspur side as David Moyes earned his first victory since returning for a second spell as manager at Goodison Park on Sunday, piling more misery on the visitors.
Needing to get back to winning ways after picking up one in their previous 12 league matches, Everton took the game to their troubled opponents, racing into a two-goal lead inside 30 minutes through Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Iliman Ndiaye.
Calvert-Lewin’s fine finish was the first time his team had scored in a league game since Boxing Day, ending his own 16-match barren run stretching back to September.
Things went from bad to worse for Spurs in first-half stoppage time as young Archie Gray put through his own net to ensure Everton scored as many goals within one half of football as in their previous seven games in all competitions.
Goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison caused the home fans some concern late on but the hosts survived to record a win that moved 16th-placed Everton four points clear of the bottom three and within four of sorry Spurs who are one place higher.
“I’m delighted with how we went today, we needed a win for the lads and the club,” Calvert-Lewin told Sky Sports.
“Everything clicked today. You go through periods where you’re not hitting the back of net or getting the rub of the green. We were defensively solid and built from that.”
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On paper, this encounter looked like the perfect platform for Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham side to start to turn around their faltering season, which remarkably sees them looking over their shoulders at the drop zone rather than up the table.
Spurs had lost one of their previous 24 games at Goodison Park prior to Sunday’s trip north, while they have won more points from Everton than against any other Premier League team.
Everton have only…
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