McNeil’s stunning double earns Everton first win of season against Crystal Palace
Timing is everything, and at the end of a week that brought fresh hope of a takeover at Everton, Sean Dyche finally tasted his first Premier League victory of the season. A fresh start does not have to be confined to the boardroom.
Everton claimed their first three points courtesy of a superb double from Dwight McNeil plus a second-half transformation. Defeat was truly galling for Crystal Palace and their manager Oliver Glasner. The visitors were vastly superior before the interval and deservedly led through Marc Guéhi’s poacher’s finish. But they had no answer to McNeil’s excellence or solutions to Everton’s improved organisation after the break.
