David Moyes has not created a new manager ‘bounce’ at Everton. He has engineered a gravity defying leap when compared to what immediately preceded him at Goodison Park.
Sean Dyche needed five months and 19 games to win three Premier League games this season. Moyes has matched that in 14 days and four matches.
Before Beto’s double, the last to score twice in a Goodison fixture for Everton was Craig Dawson. That was into his own net as a Wolves defender.
Dyche’s side managed just seven goals from open play this season. Everton now have seven from open play in Moyes’ first four matches.
Famine to feast is putting it mildly.
Everton are reaping the reward of a manager in a hurry to escape peril. Moyes expressed his determination to avoid being branded a specialist coach summoned to save teams from relegation. Even he could not have anticipated the speed with which Everton are dragging themselves from the bottom three.
They could not have been sharper out of the blocks here, Abdoulaye Doucoure scoring Goodison Park and Everton’s quickest ever goal after ten seconds. It was the fourth fastest to be registered in Premier League history.
The ease with which Doucoure found space and time from Jordan Pickford’s long ball signposted how dire Leicester’s defence. Any renewed optimism after beating Tottenham Hotspur last weekend was snuffed out within six minutes when James Tarkowski picked out Beto for a near identical finish as Doucoure’s.
As the visiting fans’ chanted their disapproval with the board – the customary default position whenever players and coaches serve up such dross – it momentarily felt like their manager, Ruud van Nistelrooy, would do well to survive in post beyond half-time.
His misery was compounded when Beto cleverly struck Everton’s third before the interval. That made it six goals in successive home games for a side which could barely create a chance a month ago.
The excellent Iliman Ndiaye added a fourth on 90 minutes after more hapless defending,
Leicester should plan ahead for next season’s promotion push. They never won a tackle or second ball, and their first shot on target was after 73 minutes.
They might as well have stuck with Steve Cooper as Van Nistelrooy is overseeing a new manager plunge.
