LIVERPOOL, England :Ashley Young became Everton’s oldest ever goalscorer and Craig Dawson twice put the ball into his own net as the Merseyside club thumped Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 in the Premier League at Goodison Park on Wednesday.
At the age of 39 and 148 days, right back Young also became the oldest player to convert a free kick in the Premier League with a sumptuous effort for what was his 50th goal in the English top flight.
Orel Mangala found the back of the net for the first time in Everton colours before the unfortunate Dawson scored a brace of own goals to compound the woes of Wolves, who have now conceded 36 times in 14 games this season, comfortably the most in the division.
Everton moved up to 15th place in the table with 14 points from as many matches and Wolves slipped to second bottom with nine points as the pressure grows on manager Gary O'Neil.
The home side had two goals disallowed and missed several other chances as the visitors' defence buckled under the pressure and showed why they are in the relegation zone.
Everton hit the front when Young curled a 25-yard free kick into the bottom right corner of the goal, though Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa was right to question the effectiveness of his wall.
The hosts thought they had doubled lead inside 16 minutes as Dwight McNeil’s free kick was headed into the net by James Tarkowski, but the effort was disallowed following a VAR check when Mangala was adjudged to have impeded Mario Lemina.
Jordan Pickford made a good save low to his left to deny Wolves' Jorgen Strand Larsen inside the six-yard box, before the latter missed a golden opportunity when he was alone 10 yards from goal but failed to connect with an inviting cross.
Everton doubled their advantage just
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