Roberto De Zerbi accused Brighton’s players of being mentally weak as he held an angry post-match dressing room inquest at the Amex Stadium.
Everton started the day as the lowest scorers of all the Premier League and EFL’s 92 clubs but ended it having scored five goals from counter-attacks.
That lifted Sean Dyche’s team out of the bottom three, but bruised Brighton’s push for Europe under De Zerbi.
Everton’s Neal Maupay could be seen waiting more than half an hour after full-time to see old Brighton team-mates but they were still locked in with De Zerbi.