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Alex Iwobi got an assist as Everton took an enormous step towards extending the Club’s unbroken 68-year top-flight residence with a precious and fully merited 2-1 victory at Leicester City, Megasportsarena.com reports.
Iwobi’s assist deserves a mention for deftly evading Ayoze Perez’s hurried challenge and spearing a delivery across the fringe of the penalty area.
Vitalii Mykolenko’s gorgeous sixth-minute strike, the Ukranian’s first goal for the Club, lit the fuse on a tremendous team performance.
The Evertonians who finished the afternoon as they began it, belting out their Spirit of the Blues anthem, greeted Mykolenko’s goal by celebrating with total abandon.
Leicester equalised soon after, Patson Daka escaping to convert from eight yards.
But Everton overcame that disappointment – and the loss of Yerry Mina to injury – to restore their advantage when Mason Holgate headed in on the rebound after half an hour.
Coming 24 hours after Burnley slipped to defeat by Aston Villa, and with Leeds United beaten at Arsenal on Sunday, this victory bumped Everton up two places to 16th in the Premier League standings.
They have a one-point advantage over both Burnley and Leeds and one more game to play than those two teams directly below them.
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