Carlo is bubbling and certainly isn’t singing the blues

PARTY TIME: Everton players after Mina’s goal

CARLO ANCELOTTI said he’s learning the words to Everton’s chart-topper ‘Spirit of the Blues’.

The Italian crooner has already got the Toffees in tune, that is for sure. Everton were celebrating their 1984 FA Cup Final anthem reaching the top of the music charts last week.

But if fans were allowed into Goodison Park they may have been singing about being top of the league last night. Goals from Dominic CalvertLewin, Yerry Mina and two from James Rodriguez made it four wins from four in the Premier League.

And three Carabao Cup victories see them in the quarterfinals of that competition.

Ancelotti has described the positive atmosphere in these parts as a “beautiful bubble” – and it shows no sign of bursting just yet.

Even yesterday, when yet another error from Jordan Pickford gifted Brighton a way back into the game through Neal Maupay, their confidence didn’t pop.

In previous seasons, heads would have certainly dropped.

This is a side now with the class of Rodriguez but one, finally, with some character.

It was Rodriguez’s free-kick which set up Colombian compatriot Mina for the second. The summer signing from

Real Madrid claimed he didn’t truly shine during a loan spell at Bayern Munich as it was too cold in the German city.

Well, he got his first real taste of a grim Merseyside day yesterday as the wind blew around torrential rain. No weather worries here, though.

He added to his earlier assist with his second goal for the club from Alex Iwobi’s cross and then tapped home from an Abdoulaye Doucoure cross later on.

Rodriguez has helped take the Toffees up a gear from the side which finished 12th last season. And a bit of rain and wind wasn’t stopping him.

Ancelotti had urged caution, saying the real test for this side will come when they have to respond to a poor result.

But he will have been impressed by how they coped with the absence of Allan and Andre Gomes in midfield, as well as losing Richarlison to injury early on, as much as they did the Brighton equaliser.

The veteran boss said you won’t catch him singing or dancing to Everton’s reborn anthem until a trophy or European football has been secured.

But next up after the international break is a clash with Liverpool. And if they hit the right notes again to secure a first derby win in a decade, then he may have to learn those words a little quicker.