EVERTON fans sang: “Money can’t buy you Stones” yesterday afternoon as the Beatles’ classic “Can’t Buy Me Love” rang out around Goodison Park before kick-off, but while much of the pre-match build up focused around the English defender, it was a Scottish attacker who stole the limelight.

Everton were forced into a change early on, as Muhamed Besic, playing in the left of midfield, picked up an injury and was replaced by Steven Naismith.

It took the Scotsman less than 10 minutes to make his mark on the game. Having drifted inside from the left, he played a ball out to Brendan Galloway, who’d overlapped. Galloway crossed before Ivanovic had chance to close him down, straight onto the head of Naismith who nodded past Asmir Begovic.

Begovic was forced to make two good saves shortly after, first from an Arouna Kone header, and then from a James McCarthy shot after the resulting corner.

Just five minutes later, Naismith doubled his tally with a left-footed shot from outside the area, leaving the Chelsea keeper helpless as it whistled into the bottom corner.

The visitors’ defence was porous and they were lucky to be just two goals down after the opening stages, but with 10 minutes to go in the first half, a long-range, left-footed bullet of a goal from Nemanja Matic gave them a lifeline.

Shortly after half-time, Chelsea withdrew defensive midfielder John Obi Mikel and introduced 19-year-old Brazilian attacker Kenedy as they searched for an equaliser.

Willian and Radamel Falcao joined the action as a second goal continued to evade the visitors, while Everton continued to pose a threat of their own with shots from Kone and Romelu Lukaku.

Everton shored things up at the back as Chelsea continued to attack. Argentinian defender Ramiro Funes Mori made his debut as John Stones, who’d been commanding and composed throughout, shifted across to right-back.

On 82 minutes Naismith decided that it was time to complete the job. He ran in behind the Chelsea defence, striding into a precision pass from Ross Barkley before completing a memorable perfect hat-trick with a right-footed shot past Begovic.

Naismith left the pitch, match ball in hand, as his side ambled happily towards the tunnel with a well-earned three points in the bag. For Chelsea, however, their early season woes continue, and on this showing it appears that a big effort is needed to turn things around.