BRILLIANT BARRY

Thierno savours moment with epic strike to break duck

- BY CARL MARKHAM

THIERNO BARRY ended his long wait for his first goal as Everton moved to within a point of the top four with a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest.

David Moyes came out on top in the battle with his Toffees predecessor Sean Dyche as his faith in the young striker was finally rewarded.

This was the 23-year-old’s 17th appearance since his £27million move from Villarreal and his sixth successive start since his manager decided to put his trust in the Frenchman rather than the more experienced Beto.

Neither forward had offered him much in the way of a threat - with just one league goal between them - and for 45 minutes Barry's contribution was negligible. He comfortably lost the physical battle with Nikola Milenkovic, whose own goal after just 82 seconds had put the visitors on the back foot, and twice was left rolling around on the floor after bouncing off the Serbian centre-back.