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Duncan Ferguson saw his Everton side beat Chelsea 3-1 on Saturday in a performance that took the Toffees back to basics.

Just earlier this week, they were beaten before they stepped onto the pitch at Anfield, losing 5-2 to Liverpool in a game that could have seen the Reds score 10.

That led to Marco Silva’s sacking as manager and the instalment of Ferguson as the caretaker.

To say that he kicked every ball on the touchline would perhaps be to understate it ever so slightly.

As Richarlison scored the opener and then Dominic Calvert-Lewin added two more, Ferguson hared down the touchline, even hugging ball boys and clasping hands with supporters.

This was a performance that did not “blind anyone with science”, as commentator Darren Fletcher said on BT Sport.

Throughout the game, per WhoScored, Chelsea had more shots, a much higher pass completion rate, – 84% to 63% - nearly double the number of touches and completed four times as many dribbles. Everton won more aerial duels – Calvert-Lewin won 11 of the 26 that his team completed – while they also won more than double the number of tackles.

Quite simply, they wanted it more.

That is a cliché, of course, and it is reductive but the stats point to the fact that the Toffees outfought the Blues in pretty much every area.

They allowed Chelsea to have the ball and broke wherever possible, utilising the pace of both Theo Walcott and Alex Iwobi on each flank.

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They forced Frank Lampard’s men into mistakes – Kepa inexplicably gave the ball away in the build-up to the third goal – and were able to take advantage.

Roared on by the Goodison Park faithful, Ferguson took the side back to basics and they reaped the rewards.

Everton have a number of difficult fixtures to come – they play Manchester United and Arsenal in the Premier League along with a Carabao Cup quarter-final against Leicester City in their next three games – and it remains to be seen if Ferguson’s simple tactics will continue to work.

But on Saturday, it led to three points and that classic Goodison roar.

Meanwhile, Marco Silva was let down by one man before his sacking at Everton.