Everton’s top 3 games of 2016

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.