Majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri said 11th was not good enough for Everton in midweek and they responded by beating Bournemouth 2-0.
Everton moved into the top half of the Premier League after goals from Kurt Zouma and Dominic Calvert-Lewin sealed a 2-0 victory over Bournemouth on Sunday.
Majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri said in midweek that Everton being 11th in the Premier League "is just not good enough" and Zouma's 61st-minute header got them going in the right direction at Goodison Park.
Substitute Calvert-Lewin struck deep into second-half stoppage time for a result that may help ease the pressure on boss Marco Silva, who was backed by Moshiri despite a run of four defeats in five matches.