However, the Scot said he would not be using the performance to ask for the manager’s position full-time. “Honestly, I won’t be going asking for the job. I’m just here for Everton. It was an unbelievable experience. One I’ll never forget. We want the very best managers in the world at Everton Football Club. It’s one game. It’s one result.” The result saw Everton provisionally move up to 14th place with 17 points, two points above the drop zone, while Frank Lampard’s Chelsea side remain fourth on 29 points from 16 games.
Explosive start: The hosts began explosively with the sort of goal the fearsome Ferguson used to trademark. Richarlison fed Djibril Sidibe wide and moved into the six-yard box to meet the cross with a bullet header that ignited Goodison after five minutes. Equally fast and effective football almost delivered a second goal for the Brazilian soon after but the striker just failed to get on the end of Theo Walcott’s cross. Everton, whose abject performance in a humiliating 5-2 derby drubbing at Liverpool in midweek led to Silva’s dismissal on Thursday, extended their lead four minutes after the interval. Calvert-Lewin took advantage of sloppy defensive play in the area and slotted expertly past goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Although Kovacic’s precise shot from outside the area crept past the diving Jordan Pickford, Everton always threatened on the counter and it was no surprise when Calvert-Lewin pounced on another defensive mistake to bundle home the third in the 84th. Calvert-Lewin, who scored his first Premier League double, paid tribute to Ferguson’s part in inspiring Everton’s revival. “It was a massive game for us and I have a very close relationship with Duncan,” he said. “He has stuck by me for the three years I have known him. The most important thing was to go out and give 100%.”
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