This was Everton’s first win in six Premier League matches and it was needed ahead of the Merseyside derby. They started slowly, but came into the game and got in the faces of the Arsenal players. It was a deserved victory and it has allowed them to climb to 7th in the league table. After some poor performances, there was significant improvement and there is now something for Ronald Koeman to build on. Here is how their players rated on Tuesday…
Maarten Stekelenburg – The goalkeeper had relatively little to do during the match. He will be disappointed with his attempt to save the Arsenal goal, but it did take a heavy deflection. 6