A round-up of how the national media reported on Everton's 3-0 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion in their opening fixture of their final season at Goodison Park Everton’s historic final season at Goodison Park started in nightmare fashion with a 3-0 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion. The national media focused on the stark contrast between the fortunes of the debutant in the visitors’ dugout Fabian Hurzeler – the first Premier League manager to be younger than the competition itself – and experienced Blues boss Sean Dyche whose side suffered some familiar woes. Paul Joyce, The Times Everton ’s last season at Goodison Park began miserably with the famous old arena barely a third full at the final whistle on what was a dispiriting day.
Ashley Young was sent off midway through the second half for a professional foul on Kaoru Mitoma and the manager, Sean Dyche, a veteran at this level compared with the man a few yards away, will know the margin of defeat could have been far wider. The new signing Yankuba Minteh, who cost £35million, was handful on the right wing and also produced one of the first strops of the new season when he was substituted at the end of the opening half under concussion protocols, having been left in a heap after a challenge on Mykolenko. He wanted to continue to remind Newcastle United — who reluctantly approved his transfer to meet Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) — of his quality.
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