“But if there’s not, then you can see what the fans thought of him. It was fitting he should score at the end.

“We’re a bit surprised about how well he hit the ground running in the Premier League. He went in against Arsenal, played well and the team played well and realised he wasn’t out of his depth. The players made it easy for him to settle in.”

Mikel Arteta scored twice yesterday, his first goals since returning from more than 11 months out with a serious knee injury.

And he said: “I was really happy to have scored after being out for so long. That was the first goal my son has seen me score. My wife was here as well so I am very happy for both of them.”

Everton’s margin of victory could have been greater but for Yakubu missing a penalty along with a clutch of other clear opportunities.

However, Moyes refused to criticise the forward, and said: “I thought Yak did a lot of good things. I said to him that he needs to score goals when the game is tight.

“Today it didn’t matter that he missed a few chances. Then again, when it was 1-0 and he missed a penalty and they got it back to 1-1 then it may have been important. But it didn’t matter too much today.

“Yak always scores in the Premier League so I’m sure he will keep on getting his goals.”