We chew up the Toffees

A game I thought we would lose (and it wouldn't have mattered because teams below us lost the previous day), but we played very well for a great 2-4 away victory. Igor Thiago's hat-trick helped us to only our third away win of the season, and we move into 7th place in the PL. The Brazilian forward produced a brilliant display, which started with him heading Tarkowski's early goal-bound header off the line at one end, then putting the Bees in front from Janelt's superb cross on 11 minutes at the other end. Everton, who saw McNeil and Barry denied by excellent Kelleher saves in the first half, were booed off at the interval as we should have been two or three goals to the good. Thiago and Schade saw two massive chances saved by Pickford before the break - but we got the goals our performance deserved in a blistering start to the second half.

Five minutes after the break, Collins headed in Janelt's whipped corner from close range for 2-0. Only our first goal from a corner this season. Then just 94 seconds later, we had a third as the excellent Jensen slipped in Schade for a chance, and while he was stopped in his tracks, Thiago picked up the ball to poke it past Pickford. Everton were stunned by the early second-half flurry but did find a goal back as half-time substitute Beto (Ajer should have been closer to him) nodded in Grealish's cross. But after he had threatened to complete his hat-trick earlier in the game, Thiago eventually broke clear all alone to chip Pickford and claim the match ball. Barry pulled one back for Everton moments later, but there was no doubt as to who was the best striker on the park.