Romelu Lukaku scored his first Premier League brace since November 2013 and Ross Barkley added a late third as Everton recorded a fine 3-0 win at Southampton on Saturday (Aug 15).
Belgium striker Lukaku only managed 10 league goals last season, but he is up and running after two moments of class and an all-round display of brilliance won this match for the visitors before the break.
For his first goal, Lukaku headed in off the bar on 22 minutes even though the ball was slightly behind him from Arouna Kone's cross.
Then, seconds before the break, he started and finished a move, scoring with a left-foot finish from the edge of the area.
He departed to a standing ovation from the away fans, having been applauded by the home fans prior to kick-off when he went into the stand to apologise for hitting a Southampton supporter with the ball during the warm-up.
Both sides made one change to their teams after 2-2 draws on the opening day -- Everton's at home to Watford, Southampton's at Newcastle United.
Everton brought in Kone for Kevin Mirallas and Southampton replaced Jay Rodriguez with Shane Long.
Southampton manager Ronald Koeman was able to take his place on the bench again following an Achilles operation, although he spent the 90 minutes in his seat.
The home players had worn 'Thank you Markus' T-shirts during the warm-up in tribute to their former owner Markus Liebherr, who passed away five years ago.
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