MATCH STATS

STAR MAN: Norwich

keeper TIM KRUl was a commanding presence, making a string of fine saves to frustrate the hapless Toffees.

Everton manager Marco Silva was not willing to discuss his future after a damaging defeat to Norwich, but acknowledged the club must always come first.

Goals from Tom Cantwell and Dennis Srbeny secured the Canaries’ first away win of the season and first league victory since mid-September as they hauled themselves off the foot of the table.

But a sixth defeat in nine league matches leaves the Toffees just four points above the relegation zone with a difficult month to come.

They have to face Liverpool,

Leicester (twice), Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City within their next nine matches.

Another damning statistic, highlighted by their approach against Norwich, is that Silva has lost all four of his Premier League home games against teams starting the day bottom of the table.

A number of fans sang: “Sacked in the morning” at the end of the game and the Portuguese’s position now seems in jeopardy, but he insists he can only focus on trying to fix the malaise on the pitch.

“I think it is not the main thing to talk about the situation. It is not the moment to talk about individual positions,” Silva said.

“We have to look what is best for us as a club and for myself and the players – but always the club has to be at the top.”

The attention on Silva’s future took the focus away from Norwich’s victory, which they had to do very little to achieve.

It was their first league win at Goodison Park since 1993 and ended a goalless run of 10 hours and 20 minutes on the road in the Premier League.

“Great day for us, a fantastic away performance,” boss Daniel Farke said.

“When you watch how much quality they can bring on, we were not the favourites, but it was a good all-round team performance by the lads.”