Kone signs new five-year Sunderland deal

Strikers look to score goals and there was a little doubt in his mind when he didn’t score for so long for Everton. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or “live” services. They put in a couple of really good balls to pick people out from crosses but more importantly, for me, we weren’t in the right positions to defend the crosses.

Belgium worldwide Lukaku netted 59th and 67th-minute headers and then completed his treble with 19 minutes remaining to condemn former Toffees boss David Moyes, who lost his job as Manchester United manager after a defeat by the same opposition in April 2014, to a third defeat in four league outings so far this season.

Everton started off the second half with more intent, and that’s how they’d end it too.

“He’s a great player and a target man up front, he’s strong, he’s a scoring player and you need goals to win games”.

Defender Lamine Kone has signed a new five-year contract with Sunderland, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.

“I was very impressed and satisfied with the second half”, Koeman said after the game.

It was the nature of the second-half collapse to Everton that caused most concern, with Sunderland torn apart by Lukaku – who twice scored from free headers on his way to bagging the matchday ball.

There was good tempo in the opening exchanges, as both sides carved out good openings for the likes of Jermaine Defoe and Romelu Lukaku.

With this commanding win, Everton added three points to their season total, bringing them up to second place where they are tied with Chelsea.

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“I was really disappointed with our first 45 minutes”.

However, the deadlock was finally broken on the hour mark, Lukaku directing a powerful header into the bottom-left corner following a teasing cross from Idrissa Gueye out on the left.

Then, Lukaku completed his rapid hat-trick on 71 minutes, firing low past a shell-shocked Jordan Pickford in the Black Cats’ goal. “But that’s no excuse – when you’re in the big league, you’ve got to step up to it”.

Yannick Bolasie insists he can continue to supply the ammunition for hat-trick hero Romelu Lukaku, saying: “I know what he wants as a striker”.