Goals:

0-1: Stekelenburg OG (21, jumped up with the Negredo who made contact and helped to force the ball over the line to earn the lead)

1-1: Barry (24, powered in from ten yards after Valdes had to deal with a high boot from Williams)

2-1: Coleman (42, cut inside and rounded Ayala before drilling a low finish inside Valdes’ bottom left corner)

3-1: Lukaku (45, claims he got a touch on Bolasie’s cross to turn beyond Valdes)

Bookings: Stekelenburg (22, dissent); Ayala (37, foul); Barry (45, foul)

Sending-off: None

Referee: Lee Mason (Stockport) – got two big goal decisions wrong which could have affected the result. 4

Attendance: 39,074

Entertainment: **

Ever Boro

Shots on 6 0

Shots off 5 7

Corners 6 3

Offsides 2 2

Fouls 4 15

EVERTON (4-2-3-1): Stekelenburg 5; Coleman 8, Jagielka 7, Williams 6, Baines 7; Barry 8 (Cleverley 90), GUEYE 8; Mirallas 6 (Deulofeu 72), Barkley 8, Bolasie 8; Lukaku 7 (Valencia 66, 5). Subs: Robles (gk), Lennon, Funes Mori, Holgate.

MIDDLESBROUGH (4-2-3-1):

5 Valdes: Made a couple of half decent stops in the second half but beaten three times;

6 Barragan: Found it as hard as he has since stepping into English football even if he still did things right

5 Ayala: Rounded by Coleman in the build up to the Irishman’s goal and not at his best

5 Gibson: There were more gaps than normal between him and Ayala at the back

5 Friend: Bolasie made it tough for the left-back but he started brightly in an attacking sense and his cross led to opener;

6 Forshaw: Would have preferred for his return to Goodison to be better than this

5 De Roon: Got stuck in with a few tasty challenges but was never in control;

5 Nsue: Didn’t do enough going forward as a winger but Middlesbrough tended to be on the back foot

5 Ramirez: Unable to really make his mark in a way that Barkley did in the same role

7 DOWNING: The pick of the Boro players and sent over a number of good deliveries;

5 Negredo: Forced the Boro goal by headbutting the keeper’s arm but was given a tough afternoon by the Everton defence.

Subs:

Nugent (for Nsue 59): Showed plenty of energy and drive when he came on. 6

Fischer (for Ramirez 70): There were a few flashes to encourage his boss. 6

Clayton (for Forshaw 84)

(not used): Guzan (gk), Espinosa, Chambers, Traore.

MAN OF THE MATCH: IDRISSA Gueye – a real nuisance to Middlesbrough’s play and often laid the foundations for the Toffees attacks.