Duncan Ferguson made an instant impact as Everton’s caretaker manager following the sacking of Marco Silva, guiding them to a 3-1 win over Chelsea.
Richarlison got Ferguson’s interim reign off to a flying start when heading in after only five minutes, with the Brazilian netting for the third successive Premier League match.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin capitalised on defensive haplessness to make it 2-0 early in the second half and, although Mateo Kovacic’s first league goal for Chelsea offered the visitors encouragement, Everton managed to seal the points late on – their English forward getting a second.
Everton began the second half with renewed purpose and quickly increased their lead – Calvert-Lewin converting after Kurt Zouma’s poor clearance dropped in the box and ricocheted off the Frenchman and Andreas Christensen.
Chelsea swiftly pulled one back through Kovacic, whose controlled volley from 30 yards beat the unsighted Jordan Pickford to find the bottom-left corner.
That paved the way for Chelsea to pile men forward towards the end, but Everton wrapped up the win six minutes from time, Calvert-Lewin prodding through Kepa’s legs after the keeper had initially given the ball away under no pressure.
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