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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.

Do you reckon they will be fighting over the magic-car-themed headline when Everton’s new Portuguese striker scores a quick-fire brace to win next season’s game at the Etihad?