Leighton Baines’ deflected 25-yard, 65th-minute strike earned Everton a hard-fought Europa League victory over MFK Ruu017eomberok, on the night Wayne Rooney made his second Everton debut – 15 years after the first.
Ronald Koeman included four of his summer signings for the Blues’ return to Europe following a two-year absence.
And Rooney, Michael Keane, Cuco Martina and Davy Klaassen, in particular, all bedded smoothly into Koeman’s team in what was a decidedly tough start to this continental campaign.
Certainly, anybody expecting a Blues’ cakewalk would have swiftly realised they were in for something rather more competitive.