Burnley were always good for Sean Dyche and they continue to be so. Just when Everton’s manager needed help to end a famine, how appropriate his old club came bearing gifts.
The bare facts will tell you a goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin in first injury time enabled Everton to win in the Premier League for the first time in 112 days – their last victory, way back on December 16, had come at Turf Moor – but there was so much more to it.
Without some kamikaze defending from Vincent Kompany’s side, though, it is debatable whether this contest would have ended with noisy acclaim and relief ringing around Goodison Park.