In a game that featured a couple of own goals, the nature of how the ball went into the respective Everton and Fulham nets reflected the performances of the two goalkeepers on the pitch.

It irks this correspondent more than it really should do and of course nobody should be surprised in the slightest, but wherever the Blues go on the Premier League circuit, the pre-match score predictions of home mascots inevitably forecast victories for their side.

This trip to Craven Cottage was no different and while these naive youngsters really should know better, but David Moyes has been pulling off victories like this in the Premier League since some of their parents were in school. The Glaswegian gaffer is now unbeaten in his last 11 matches against Fulham and has beaten them 21 times in the Premier League.

Along with Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, the only two managers to have taken charge of more Premier League matches than himself, he is one of only three men to win 20 plus matches against a single club. During the small talk with the mascots...