Ronald Koeman’s Everton picked up an impressive 2-0 win away at Premier League champions Leicester on Boxing Day to move up to seventh in the table.

The Toffees suffered late disappointment in the Merseyside derby in their final game before Christmas, as Sadio Mane netted a 94th minute winner for Liverpool, yet Koeman’s men bounced back with goals from Kevin Mirallas and Romelu Lukaku enough to see off the Foxes.

The result means that Everton have now won seven of their 18 Premier League games, and trail Tottenham in fifth by seven points going into Spurs’ clash at Southampton this evening.

Koeman’s men were on a wretched run of form for a decent chunk of this season, this all after winning four of their opening five league matches, and sitting second in the division behind Manchester City on September 17.

However, since then the Toffees have picked up just 13 points from a possible 39, which has thus seen them slip down the Premier League table.

Nonetheless, wins over Arsenal and Leicester will have given the Everton faithful some optimism going into the second half of the campaign, and they travel to Hull on Friday hoping to record back-to-back wins.

In what has been a solid year for Everton, we thought we’d take a look back, and have thus selected their top THREE games of 2016…

Everton 2-1 Manchester City (January 6)

Everton were 11th in the Premier League with just one win in seven when they entertained Manchester City in the semi-finals of the League Cup in January.

And, although City got the better of them over the two legs, Roberto Martinez’s side produced an excellent display to win 2-1 in the home leg at Goodison Park.

Ramiro Funes Mori gave the Toffees the lead in first half stoppage-time, but Jesus Navas equalised for Manuel Pellegrini’s side 14 minutes from time as it looked like City would have a slight edge going into the second leg.

However, striker Romelu Lukaku restored Everton’s lead with a fine header from a Gareth Barry cross to secure the win for Martinez’s side, and put them in the driving seat ahead of the second leg.

Although they lost 3-1 at the Etihad, their performance in the first leg was a reminder that, on their day, Everton can match and even better the top sides in the country.

Everton 2-0 Chelsea (March 12)

Everton suffered disappointment in the League Cup and with their league campaign somewhat petering out, they turned their attentions to a shot at the FA Cup.

As did Guus Hiddink’s Chelsea, who themselves had suffered a disastrous title defence, and both sides met in the quarter-final at Goodison Park back in March in a bid to claim a place in the last four at Wembley.

And it was Martinez’s Everton that produced a brilliant display to see off the Blues 2-0, with Romelu Lukaku producing a moment of individual magic to give the Toffees the lead 13 minutes from time.

In what was a bad-tempered affair, Lukaku netted again against his former club just five minutes later to secure their passage to the last four, as Everton looked to win the FA Cup for the first time since 1995.

However, they lost in the semi-finals to eventual winners Manchester United 2-1 on April 23.

Everton 2-1 Arsenal (December 13)

Ronald Koeman’s Everton won four of their first five Premier League games of the new season, but then embarked on a run of one win in ten to slip down the table.

However, they got back to winning ways against Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal two weeks ago after an excellent second half display at Goodison Park in which they out-fought and out-muscled the Gunners to win 2-1.

The hosts fell behind to Alexis Sanchez’s free-kick after just 20 minutes, yet hit back when Seamus Coleman headed home Leighton Baines’ cross a minute before half time.

And that spurred the Toffees on in the second half, and they deservedly got the winner four minutes from time when Ashley Williams met Ross Barkley’s corner with a well-directed header past the helpless Petr Cech.

It was a great victory for Everton, especially given that they were poor for 25 minutes, and it should give the Goodison Park faithful much confidence going into the second half of the season.