Rondon double ends Boreham Wood's giant killing dream

Non-league Boreham Wood's FA Cup dream was ended by two goals from Salomon Rondon as the Everton striker secured his side a second successive FA Cup quarter-final spot with a laboured 2-0 win at Goodison Park.

The first goals conceded by the Vanarama National League side - 77 places below their top-flight hosts - in this season's competition were enough to be their downfall with the visiting defence eventually breached by the Venezuelan's near-post finish in the 57th minute.

A powerful header which Taye Ashby-Hammond, who also made one good, low save from substitute Richarlison, could not prevent from crossing the line guaranteed progress six minutes from time.

Although Richarlison also had a goal ruled out for handball by VAR the Boreham Wood goalkeeper had an easier night that he would have anticipated.

Rondon's rare double, taking his tally to three in 17 appearances since arriving as one of three summer signings in Rafael Benitez's ill-fated and short-lived reign, set up a last-eight tie away to Crystal Palace.

Everton had funded a special one-off kit for Boreham Wood, who named the same side which knocked out Bournemouth, to avoid a clash and also paid for the visitors' travel and overnight stay.

But that generosity was extended to the pitch with a dreadful first half, watched for the first time by Everton's new director of football Kevin Thelwell.

Ukraine international Vitalii Mykolenko was made Everton captain for the night and there was a poignant pre-match show of solidarity with his homeland as players and officials held a banner reading 'Imagine all the people, sharing all the world' - a line from John Lennon's Imagine which was played over the ground's public address system.

Everton's left-back was the first to test