Everton Trash Nottingham Forest 3-0
Thierno Barry ended his long wait for a first Everton goal as the Toffees beat Nottingham Forest to move up to fifth in the Premier League.
Barry, who joined in the summer from Villarreal, had gone 16 games without scoring before finally getting on the scoresheet for David Moyes’ side with the second goal against Forest.
It came with his 19th shot and just his second on target in his Everton career.
Everton made a dream start to the game when a second-minute cross from the in-form Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall deflected off Nikola Milenkovic and into the back of the net.
But they had to wait until first-half stoppage time to add to their lead when Iliman Ndiaye led a quick counter-attack before feeding Barry, who rolled the ball beyond goalkeeper Matz Sels.
Nottingham Forest struggled to create many opportunities, although Nicolas Dominguez did have a prodded effort blocked on the line by James Tarkowski.
Dewsbury-Hall clipped the outside of the post with a powerful strike but would not be denied adding a late third when he drilled a strike into the bottom corner.
The win made for an unhappy return for ex-Everton manager Sean Dyche, who was sacked at the start of the year after a poor run of form left them in relegation trouble.
He was replaced by David Moyes for his second spell at the club and the former Manchester United manager has overseen a significant improvement that has Everton firmly in the mix for a top-10 finish.