When Ndiaye was substituted in stoppage with his side 2-0 up, he took a moment to soak it all in.<\/p>\n
The forward signed merchandise, shook hands and applauded supporters as he made his way around the perimeter of the pitch to the sound of a standing ovation from an exuberant Hill Dickinson crowd.<\/p>\n
It was a moment he and his team-mates had waited nearly three months for.<\/p>\n
The Senegal international – as has so often been the case this season – was among the standout performers as the Blues strengthened their push for European qualification with a first home victory in 87 days.<\/p>\n
The transition since leaving Goodison Park – their home of 133 years – has been a difficult one.<\/p>\n
But heading into Tuesday’s contest with just four wins from 14 games at their new home was not good enough.<\/p>\n
It was a record that threatened to undermine the progress made in a campaign that – after reaching the 40-point mark in 28 games for only the second time in nine seasons – has the potential to be a memorable one.<\/p>\n
But that promise will only be realised if Everton can settle into life on Liverpool’s Waterfront and banish their recent home struggles.<\/p>\n
On the evidence of Tuesday night\u2019s performance, Ndiaye has made himself at home. <\/p>\n
Now Everton must follow his lead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Ndiaye was substituted in stoppage with his side 2-0 up, he took a moment to soak it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-503098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}