Lukaku at the double as stylish Everton tear apart Foxes

THE shrill final whistle had barely subsided when the Goodison Park DJ sprang into action and played an old favourite.

Forever Everton is part of the club fabric and booms out before every home game. If the result has been good, it tends to get an airing afterwards, too, and this was one of those days. ‘All for one,’ it goes. ‘One for all! Everton’s the team that plays beautiful football!’ Here was an afternoon when the current crop did their utmost to adhere to those words. From the dead-eyed striking of Romelu Lukaku to Ross Barkley’s guile and the youthful fervour of Tom Davies, Everton took Leicester apart. Supporters may have turned up with limited expectations but poured out afterwards having been sumptuously entertained. Everton were not flattered by the margin by which they dismantled in-form City. Winning manager Ronald Koeman said: ‘The team is really confident at home and it is also the case that our opponents have more doubts to come to Goodison Park. ‘I think we played some great football in the first 45 minutes. I think it was really a good team performance.’ Goodison has been good to Everton this season, and this was a seventh consecutive home win of 2017, a sequence which has seen them amass 26 goals. Leading the charge to this success was 18-year-old Davies, ramming in the opener in 30 seconds after referee Bobby Madley allowed play to continue rather than penalising Daniel Amartey for chopping down Kevin Mirallas. Islam Slimani, though, equalised for Leicester in the fourth minute and they swiftly went ahead when Marc Albrighton whipped a free-kick into the top corner of Joel Robles’ net. Everton were back on level terms in the 23rd minute when Barkley crossed for Lukaku to head past Kasper Schmeichel. Four minutes before the break, Phil Jagielka rose to meet a Mirallas corner and put the home side in the lead again. Everton made sure of victory in the 57th minute when Lukaku drilled in his second from another Mirallas corner. Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare said: ‘We came up against a potent threat in Everton.’