Everton continued their perfect start to the Premier League with a 5-2 thrashing against lacklustre Westbromich thanks to Dominic Calvert Lewin’s hat-trick and goals from Michael Keane and new signing James Rodriguez.
West Brom started brightly and opened the scoring through Grady Diangana, his first Premier League goal, but when Calvert-Lewin equalised after an intervention from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), Everton took control.
Just before halftime Rodriguez put Everton ahead from the edge of the box with a finish full of quality, and shortly afterwards was pushed in the face by defender Kieran Gibbs, who received a deserved red card.
West Brom manager Slaven Bilic was also red-carded by referee Mike Dean as he confronted with the official at the break.
The Baggies bagged a superb equaliser from Matheus Pereira’s 30-yard free-kick shortly after the restart, but the Toffees’ greater quality against 10 men then saw them surge ahead.
Michael Keane put them in front from close range before Calvert-Lewin took his tally for the season to four in two games as he netted two more to complete his first hat-trick for the Merseyside club.
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