Everton 3-0 Burnley: James Tarkowski scores against former club before Amadou Onana and Ashley Young seal Carabao Cup victory after Toffees paid tribute to Bill Kenwright

• James Tarkowski headed in the opener after 13 minutes against his former club
• Amadou Onana and Ashley Young scored in second-half to seal Carabao Cup win
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Sean Dyche reached his first cup quarter-final as a manager after seeing off former club Burnley thanks to a major contribution from a couple of other Clarets old boys.

On an emotional night at Goodison, Dwight McNeil set up James Tarkowski for an early breakthrough to keep Everton in the hunt for their first major trophy since 1995.

Amadou Onana sealed the win early in the second half as Burnley’s much-changed side offered little resistance in Dyche’s first game against the club that sacked him in 2022.

Ashley Young then applied the final touch in injury-time by turning in Beto’s cross from close range

Before kick-off, Everton legend Joe Royle helped lay a wreath for his friend and long-time Blues chairman Bill Kenwright who died last week. Watching the moving tribute was majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri, attending his first match at Goodison since 2021.

Everton defender James Tarkowski gave his side an early lead against his former club

Tarkowski headed home in the 13th minute from a cross from the left by Dwight McNeil

Dyche named a strong line-up featuring only two changes from their Premier League win at West Ham and the positive approach was rewarded with the opening goal after 13 minutes.

In a move only too familiar for the visiting fans, McNeil dug out a cross from the left and Tarkowski hung in the air long enough to send a header past Arjanet Muric.

MATCH FACTS

Everton (4-2-3-1): Pickford 6.5: Young 7, Tarkowski 7, Branthwaite 7, Mykolenko 6.5; Onana 7 (Gueye 79), Garner 7; Harrison 6 (Patterson 79), Danjuma 6 (Doucoure 68 6), McNeil 7 (Dobbin 90); Calvert-Lewin 8 (Beto 68 6)Subs unused: Virginia (Gk), Keane, Godfrey, Chermiti

Goals: Tarkowski 13, Onana 53, Young 90

Burnley (4-2-3-1): Muric 6: Vitinho 5.5 (Roberts 82), Al-Dakhil 6.5, O’Shea 6; Delcroix 6; Cullen 6, Berge 6; (Cork 82) Larsson 7 (Odobert 66 6), Redmond 5.5 (Zaroury 66 6), Tresor 5.5; Rodriguez 6 (Amdouni 66 6)Subs unused: Vigoroux (Gk), Taylor, Brownhill, Massengo

Booked: Al-Dakhi, Vitinho

Referee: Michael Salisbury 6

Attendance: 38,841

McNeil, booed from the travelling end, went close to adding a second with a shot that was only narrowly too high as Burnley looked what they were – a collection of strangers with Vincent Kompany changing seven in his starting line-up.

It took them 25 minutes to get near the Everton goal when Jarrad Branthwaite did well to block Jacob Bruun Larsen’s finish from an acute angle.

With two tough centre-halves in the dug-out, Burnley’s Ameen Al-Dakhil gave Dominic Calvert-Lewin a physical test, with Dyche throwing his arms up in frustration when the defender escaped punishment for shoving and then kicking his opponent.

Calvert-Lewin thought he’d added a second goal soon after the restart but his celebrations were cut short by an offside flag. When he was set free after 52 minutes, Dara O’Shea did well to deflect the striker’s finish with his heel for a corner.

From the resulting kick, Everton did get the cushion they wanted with Amadou Onana poking home from four yards for his first goal of the season after Calvert-Lewin had turned the ball back into the danger area.

Vincent Kompany changed his entire front three as a roll of the dice with Dyche responding by sending on fresh legs in Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure.

It’s now five wins in seven across all competitions for the improving Toffees. Meanwhile, Burnley failed to register a shot on target until the 95th minute.

Everton midfielder Amadou Onana added a second just after half-time against Burnley

Ashley Young applied the final touch in injury-time by turning in Beto’s cross from close range

Everton paid tribute to Bill Kenwright before kick-off at Goodison Park on Wednesday night

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