Everton pushed themselves out of the relegation zone with a dominating 5-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.

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Everton pushed themselves out of the relegation zone with a dominating 5-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.

Everton displayed a stunning performance to push themselves out of the Premier League relegation zone after claiming a dominating 5-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.

The victory sends Everton (32 points) up to 16th in the PL table (up from 19th) with three games left to play. 

The gap between Everton and 18th-place Leeds is two points. Brighton (55 points – 7th place), meanwhile, slipped one place since the weekend began, though they trail 6th-place Tottenham by just two points with two more games still to play.

Everton wasted no time whatsoever, as they took the lead after just 34 seconds. Abdoulaye Doucoure arrived at exactly the right time and swept the ball past Jason Steele for an unlikely, early 1-0 advantage.

Doucoure doubled Everton's lead with a controlled volley from Dwight McNeil's 29th-minute cross before Jason Steele miscalculated a cutback from the former Burnley winger to divert the ball into his own net in the 35th minute.

Later Dwight McNeil scored the final two goals before Alexis Mac Allister netted the consolation for hosts.