1-3 Brentford The Premier League’s Everton In west London, Dominic Calvert-Lewin adds to James Tarkowski’s header to give the Toffees a two-goal lead as Sean Dyche’s team inches closer to their first league victory of the year.

Everton gave enough evidence here to suggest they could be able to avoid a relegation fight.
With the victory, they avoid having their worst season opener since 1958.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin displayed his previous form while Abdoulaye Doucoure excelled.

While a must-win situation does not exist in September, Sean Dyche’s team performed as if it did. full of self-assurance and fortitude.

This performance was sufficient to convince Dyche and the new potential owners that this team is talented enough to avoid being in a relegation fight in spring.

James Tarkowski commanded Everton from the back and demonstrated how much of a nuisance he can be in attacking areas while playing against his previous team. His header in the second half completed a man-of-the-match performance.

The outstanding Abdoulaye Doucoure scored seven goals in his previous 16 league contests. However, he hadn’t scored in his previous 39 attempts, so it was unfortunate that he didn’t get a hat trick here. He was a constant source of issues for Brentford.

After Mathias Jensen of Brentford had equalized the score with 89 seconds left in the first half, Doucoure may have been relieved when Dominic Calvert-Lewin put the game away with 20 minutes remaining.

The image of this evening in west London was Doucoure leaping on Calvert-Lewin in front of a cheering away end while grinning widely.

However, Frank was compelled to insert Keane Lewis-Potter into the starting lineup for his first league start since last November after Schade pulled up during a shooting practice during the warm-up. After losing Henry just a few days prior, Schade’s prolonged absence would be a painful blow to Frank. Schade was afterwards spotted walking on crutches.

The winger made an immediate impact, running down the left side until Ashley Young fouled him in the opening minute. Young received the season’s quickest citation when there were only 38 seconds left on the clock, according to Michael Oliver.

Everton was amazingly ahead however after a short while. Sean Dyche only made one alteration from their Goodison Park loss to Arsenal.