Tonight s hated local visitors to Goodison Park were sent packing after Calvert-Lewin followed up Branthwaite s scrambled opener with an absolute classic far-post header.
Sean Dyche is hopeful that Dominic Calvert-Lewin will be passed fit for the Merseyside derby after scans revealed no damage from the knee injury he sustained during Sunday s win over Nottingham Forest.
The issue of the stance taken by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in relation to the thorny question of sanctions on clubs and its relevance to Everton s appeal against the 10-point deduction imposed by the Premier League in November was recently addressed by barrister and Toffee, Matt Stanbury.
Everton return to action for the first time since the Premier League deducted 10 points as Manchester United come to a Goodison Park that is expected to be a bearpit of defiance in front of the Sky cameras.
Everton traveled to London where they burst David Moyes’s West Ham bubble at the London Stadium with a top-drawer winning goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin.