Micky van de Ven at the double as Tottenham end Everton’s unbeaten home record

Captain Micky van de Ven led from the front with two headers to inflict Everton’s first defeat at their new stadium as Tottenham moved into third with a 3-0 victory.

David Moyes’ side went from conceding no league goals from corners to two in the first half as the visitors profited firstly from a good set-piece routine and then from woeful marking.

Spurs boss Thomas Frank handed on-loan Paris St Germain striker Randal Kolo Muani his first start but Van de Ven provided the biggest threat with his double putting him out in front as the team’s top scorer with five, having failed to score at all last season.

Those goals – plus another late header from Pape Sarr – secured a 13th point from a possible 15 on the road, form which has provided the platform for their rise to within five points of leaders and north London rivals Arsenal.

It was a strange performance from Tottenham as after taking a 19th-minute lead they went into their shell and barely suggested they would threaten again until their captain struck once more in first-half added time.

But while Spurs made the most of their chances the home side did not despite having plenty of creativity on either wing from Iliman Ndiaye, comfortably their best player, and the returning Jack Grealish.

Both players found themselves facing two opponents whenever they got the ball and while Ndiaye’s pace saw him get in behind a couple of times, there was little in the way of danger in the middle.

The closest they came was when striker Beto miscontrolled Ndiaye’s cross to Grealish, whose goalbound shot was blocked almost on the line by Pedro Porro in just the third minute.

A team who have scored nine league goals this season need those chances to go in and when they do not it makes