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A DAY OF FIRSTS: Jack Grealish put in a man-of-the-match display as Everton claimed a 2-0 win against Brighton in the first Premier League game at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

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The on-loan Manchester City winger, like the Toffees’ new home on the banks of the River Mersey, offers hope of a brighter future and the England international started to emerge from his personal doldrums with assists for both goals.

The first was for lliman Ndiaye, who wrote his name into the history books for a second time in three months as the scorer of the final goal at Goodison Park and the first at their new home.

Even Grealish will admit his second owed more to the pureness of James Garner’s 25-yard strike than his gentle rollback for the makeshift left-back but he fully deserved his standing ovation in second-half added time.

Yesterday was a day of firsts. The first time since Easter Monday 1892 that Everton had played a home game not at Goodison and first starts for Grealish and France Under-21 striker Thierno Barry — and Everton’s first win of the season after Monday’s disappointing defeat at Leeds.

Manager David Moyes admitted he had put Grealish in the side earlier than he wanted to in an attempt to inject more goals.