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01/11/2015, 14h32
Arouna Kone scored a first Everton hat-trick as his side thrashed Sunderland.
The visitors twice hit the post early on but Everton went ahead when Kone played Gerard Deulofeu over the top before scoring the second himself.
Jermain Defoe's fine individual goal and Steven Fletcher's header levelled matters but three quick Everton goals changed the course of the game.
Sebastian Coates' own goal, Romelu Lukaku's solo effort and Kone's second arrived before he headed in late on.
It was a perfect response to those who had questioned Everton's home form after failing to win four of their last five games in the Premier League at Goodison.
And on a day when the club remembered former boss Howard Kendall, it proved a fitting tribute as Everton moved into eighth in the Premier League.
For Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce, a manager who prides himself on clean sheets, his side's second-half capitulation shows that he has plenty of work to do over the coming season as the Black Cats remain second from bottom.
The visitors twice hit the post early on but Everton went ahead when Kone played Gerard Deulofeu over the top before scoring the second himself.
Jermain Defoe's fine individual goal and Steven Fletcher's header levelled matters but three quick Everton goals changed the course of the game.
Sebastian Coates' own goal, Romelu Lukaku's solo effort and Kone's second arrived before he headed in late on.
It was a perfect response to those who had questioned Everton's home form after failing to win four of their last five games in the Premier League at Goodison.
And on a day when the club remembered former boss Howard Kendall, it proved a fitting tribute as Everton moved into eighth in the Premier League.
For Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce, a manager who prides himself on clean sheets, his side's second-half capitulation shows that he has plenty of work to do over the coming season as the Black Cats remain second from bottom.