Everton 3-0 Arsenal

Everton piled the pressure on Arsenal in the race for the fourth Champions League place as they outclassed Arsene Wenger's men at Goodison Park yesterday.

Steven Naismith set the hosts on the way to a sixth straight Premier League win after 14 minutes.

He converted the rebound after Romelu Lukaku's close-range effort was kept out by Wojciech Szczesny.

Lukaku doubled the lead after 34 minutes with a brilliant strike - his fourth in his last six appearances - as he collected the ball outside the 18-yard box and took on the Gunners defence before firing into the bottom left corner.

Everton sealed a comfortable win just after the hour as Mikel Arteta turned the ball into his own net while attempting to stop Kevin Mirallas from having an easy tap-in.

Man-of-the-match Naismith said a top-four finish "would mean everything" but warned that Everton need to take it a game at a time.