Tottenham Hotspur moved up to third after two first-half headers from Micky van de Ven were followed by Pape Sarr also nodding home late on sending Everton to their first defeat at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
**Thomas Frank**’s side made it 13 points from a possible 15 away from home courtesy of a trio of deadly headers, of which two further demonstrated their prowess at making set-plays count.
“Going here to Everton, a very good team and unbeaten here so far, and winning 3-0 away is a very good result,” said Frank. “I’m very happy with the set pieces and the clean-sheet mentality is a good foundation.
“We need to do more but it is an inexperienced Champions League squad so to go every three or four days and keep the energy and focus showed a lot about the mentality.”
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Tottenham sit just five points behind leaders Arsenal and face their north London rivals next month after meetings with fellow top-four contenders Chelsea and Manchester United.
When asked whether Spurs could enter the title race, Frank replied: “No, I think there are a few teams ahead of us.”
Van de Ven’s goals took his tally to five so far this season despite the defender failing to find the back of the net at all last season.
“*I told him at the start of the season he should be scoring more goals with his head,*” Frank said.
“I think he is really growing and taking some big steps, taking more leadership, defending better and better, using his pace and more clever positions than at the start of the season.”
'We were undone by set-pieces'
Everton had a set-piece goal of their own chalked off as **Jake O’Brien**’s header was ruled out because Iliman Ndiaye and Jack Grealish were adjudged to have impeded Guglielmo Vicario from an offside position.
But Moyes said: “I think the goal we got chalked off for offside was the correct decision.”
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It was the first time Everton had conceded goals from corners this season and that frustrated the Everton manager more than the performance.
“*We actually played well. We have been undone by set-pieces, we are not happy about it but the other parts of the game there were lots of good things,*” Moyes added.
“The players will always take responsibility and I will, we have been very good at set-pieces in the main but Thomas’ teams have always been good.
"They got their head on them and we didn’t. I’m disappointed, I really am. There are a couple of things we could have done better.”