Everton vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Iliman Ndiaye magic inspires Toffees
David Moyes inspired victory at Goodison Park against Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs

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Your support makes all the difference.Everton's blistering first-half display secured a 3-2 win over a woeful Tottenham Hotspur side as David Moyes earned his first victory since returning for a second spell as manager at Goodison Park on Sunday, piling more misery on the visitors.
Needing to get back to winning ways after picking up one in their previous 12 league matches, Everton took the game to their troubled opponents, racing into a two-goal lead inside 30 minutes through Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Iliman Ndiaye.
Calvert-Lewin's fine finish was the first time his team had scored in a league game since Boxing Day, ending his own 16-match barren run stretching back to September.
Things went from bad to worse for Spurs in first-half stoppage time as young Archie Gray put through his own net to ensure Everton scored as many goals within one half of football as in their previous seven games in all competitions.
Goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison caused the home fans some concern late on but the hosts survived to record a win that moved 16th-placed Everton four points clear of the bottom three and within four of sorry Spurs who are one place higher.
"I'm delighted with how we went today, we needed a win for the lads and the club," Calvert-Lewin told Sky Sports.
"Everything clicked today. You go through periods where you're not hitting the back of net or getting the rub of the green. We were defensively solid and built from that."
Everton vs Tottenham Hotspur
Everton make two alterations to the side that lost 1-0 to Aston Villa four days ago. O’Brien replaces Young at full-back, while Lindstrom is preferred to Harrison on the right wing.
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TOTTENHAM SUBS: Sergio Reguilon, Richarlison, Yang Min-Hyeok, Brandon Austin, Will Lankshear, Mikey Moore, Damola Ajayi, Callum Olusesi, Malachi Hardy.
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TOTTENHAM XI (4-3-3): Antonin Kinsky: Djed Spence, Ben Davies, Radu Dragusin, Pedro Porro; Lucas Bergvall, Archie Gray, Pape Sarr; James Maddison, Son Heung-Min, Dejan Kulusevski.
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EVERTON SUBS: Nathan Patterson, Michael Keane, Jack Harrison, Joao Virginia, Beto, Ashley Young, Asmir Begovic, Harrison Armstrong, Martin Sherif.
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EVERTON XI (4-2-3-1): Jordan Pickford; Vitalii Mykolenko, Jarrad Branthwaite, James Tarkowski, Jake O'Brien; Idrissa Gueye, Orel Mangala; Iliman Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Jesper Lindstrom; Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
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With 15 minutes to go before kick-off, let’s take a look at how the two sides are lining up - starting with our hosts!
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All the positivity surrounding Tottenham’s back-to-back clean sheet wins against Liverpool and Tamworth in the League Cup and FA Cup respectively were dashed on Wednesday, when Arsenal came from behind to beat Spurs 2-1 in the north London derby, handing them their fourth Premier League defeat in five games. Just one place ahead of today’s opponents - albeit seven points in front - Ange Postecoglou’s side can still look up the table, with a victory potentially taking them as high as 12th by the end of the weekend.
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David Moyes’ return to Goodison Park as coach of Everton after an almost 12-year absence did not go quite as planned, with Ollie Watkins’ lone strike handing the Toffees their third Premier League defeat in-a-row - all without scoring a goal - which keeps them two places and one point outside the relegation zone. Despite an attacking output that is better only than rock-bottom Southampton (15 goals scored in 20 matches), Everton have been impressive at the back, with only Liverpool, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest conceding fewer than their 26 strikes conceded.
Everton vs Tottenham Hotspur
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