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If that’s how you pronounce his name, like? Alternatively, if he discovered an Irish grandmother and became the captain of the international team, would they refer to them as ‘Beto’s Republic’?  Makes you think.

We’ve played this game before. Not just the Toffees versus the Villans – the most played game in the top flight – but the one where Everton start slow, go behind and then just collapse completely.

Slack finishing and a highly questionable decision by the referee Stuart Attwell left Everton exposed to the sucker-punch duly delivered late in the game by Bobby de Cordova-Reid.

Vile weather and the visit of some accomplished continental keep-ball merchants had all the makings of a pre-season Goodison boo-fest.