Lukaku inspires Everton fightback

And Dawson, who was moved from right-back to centre-half in the second period, admitted there was plenty to ponder as Pulis lost his proud record of never having lost a match after his team had established a two-goal lead.

The song on the terraces hails Gerard Deulofeu as Everton’s magician and the young winger made good on those words while leading the fightback in a superb 3-2 comeback at West Bromwich Albion on Monday night.

And Martinez urged his side to focus on claiming points from the league’s best sides before targeting a top-four finish.

John Stones wanted to leave the club during the summer when he handed in a transfer request, but he could be available to play in the Everton blue tonight when they travel to the Hawthorns.

The Belgian striker isn’t ideal, but when he’s given the proper service, as he was against West Brom, he’s a world class player.

“[After the first goal] I knew that we would win this game. And me, myself, I must try to provide and to score goals and I’m very happy that we won today”.

“Thankfully Geri put a good ball into the box and we scored a great first goal and from then it was over for them”.

“All we had to do was sit tight and be nice and solid… and unfortunately we give away a soft goal”, Pulis said.

A low-key opening 25 minutes was followed by a setback for West Brom when center back Jonas Olsson – who replaced Gareth McAuley in the starting XI – limped off with an injury.

Berahino, who featured at the 2015 European Under-21 Championship, opened the scoring after a series of defensive errors led to West Brom winning possession in the final third before the 22-year-old broke through the middle to slide home.

“The reaction was the most pleasing aspect of the performance”. We took responsibility and wanted to get a win with a completely different attitude.

Everton immediately tried to make amends for the error before the half-time whistle, yet Tyias Browning could not keep his header down from a right-sided corner by Barkley.

Everton and West Brom just played out a five goal thriller at The Hawthorns and it looks like one punter may have been going particularly mental watching the game.