Everton dish out lesson in when to do your talking as Bournemouth boss told

Perhaps Andoni Iraola was getting slightly carried away ahead of this Premier League clash at Goodison Park.

Rob Edwards, manager of Luton Town, admitted something similar to the Spaniard in the build-up to this game just a week before. In addition, it had also been a whopping 132 days since Everton last won on home soil.

During that time, the Blues have been beaten by Fulham, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal and the Hatters. So it is easy to understand why Iraola was so bullish.

"The first chance we have to obtain the first win is tomorrow, Everton away," the Spaniard remarked. "A club that is with us in the standings, it's a good chance."

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Iraola was correct at the time of speaking on Friday afternoon. Now, however, the Blues are four points ahead of the Cherries in the table after this 3-0 victory here. The first on home soil this season.

Everton were quite simply superb. Sean Dyche’s side dominated from the first whistle to the last.

Dwight McNeil and Jack Harrison were constant threats down either flank, while the pressing in the middle from James Garner, Amadou Onana and Abdoulaye Doucoure in the opening stages set the tone for what was to come.

And it was no surprise when, as a result of that pressing, the Blues opened the scoring with Garner pouncing on Illia Zabarnyi’s slip deep inside his own half before finishing smartly past Neto.

Jack Harrison’s cracker then made it two before the break as the Blues finally put a side to the sword. Doucoure would add a third in the second-half - because scoring against Bournemouth is what he does.

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