Everton beat sorry Spurs to ease relegation fears

Everton took advantage of injury-ravaged Tottenham’s troubles with a 3-2 victory to pull clear of the Premier League relegation zone on Sunday.

The goal-shy Toffees tore through a bedraggled Spurs backline to net three times before the breakthrough Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Iliman Ndiaye and an Archie Gray own goal.

A first win in seven league games takes Everton four points clear of the bottom three.

Tottenham’s 12th Premier League defeat of the season leaves them just four points above Everton in 15th and ramps up the pressure on under-fire manager Ange Postecoglou.

However, it was chairman Daniel Levy, not the Australian, who felt the fury of the travelling support as they chanted for change at the top of the club.

Everton did bite the bullet to sack Sean Dyche earlier this month and it was like the Goodison days of old for David Moyes as he enjoyed a first win of his second spell in charge.

– Spurs frailties –

Moyes’ homecoming fell flat in a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa in midweek, after which the former Manchester United boss said he was aware of the task he faces to preserve Premier League status due to a lack of firepower.

Calvert-Lewin had not scored since September but did not look like a striker short on confidence as he turned Gray and Lucas Bergvall before firing in the opening goal on 13 minutes.

To compound the absence of first-choice goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and three of Postecoglou’s preferred back four in Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Destiny Udogie, Tottenham were also without club-record signing Dominic Solanke due to injury.

Captain Son Heung-min stepped in to start as a makeshift centre-forward and should have levelled when he shot too close to Jordan Pickford from Dejan Kulusevski’s cross.

But Tottenham