Everton 2-0 Burnley: Ben Mee own goal and Seamus Coleman header see Everton boost chances of reaching Europa League Everton secured a 2-0 victory at home to Burnley to boost their chances of getting into the Europa League Richarlison's effort deflected in off Burnley defender Ben Mee as Everton opened the scoring in 17th minute Three minutes later Everton made it 2-0 when Coleman headed in from close range after a Tom Heaton error Result sees Everton move up to eighth place in Premier League while Burnley remain in 15th By Dominic King for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 3 May 2019 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 3 May 2019 Viewcomments Advertisement The word Marco Silva used left no margin for error. With Everton playing their final home of the season, their head coach had stated his intention clearly: he wanted a 'perfect' night. Silva hasn't always got what he has wanted during a testing first year on Merseyside but here was an occasion when he did: one clean sheet, two goals, three points and, above all, the promise of exciting things to come in the future. On a rain sodden night at Goodison Park, Everton gave a glimpse of the side they could become under the Portuguese with an electric spell of passing and pressing that effectively settled a clash with Burnley before it had properly started. Seamus Coleman celebrates after his goal, scored from close range, put Everton 2-0 in front against Burnley Coleman is delighted after his goal, which was scored in the 20th minute, doubled his side's lead at Goodison Park Coleman headed in to score after Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton failed to clear the danger properly With the potential to qualify for Europe, there was never going to any sentiment in Silva’s selection and that is why Leighton Baines and Phil Jagielka – both of whom are out of contract in a matter of weeks – started on the bench. Discussions have been ongoing with the veteran defenders, who have made 795 appearances between them, and while Everton are eager for them to stay, both men want to play and it remains to be seen what they will be offered in terms of game time next season. It would certainly help if Everton had a Europa League campaign to plan for and in recent weeks they have played in the manner of a side who would not be out of place in that competition and they cannot fail to take confidence from the sequence they have put together. Burnley, as is their way, arrived bursting with stubbornness and aggression but this contest was taken away from them in a superb 20-minute spell. Everton always come to life when Goodison Park’s floodlights are on and their performance was full of energy. They hemmed Burnley in from the start and after 17 minutes, the opening goal arrived. Dominic Calvert-Lewin cut in from the right, played a ball to Gylfi Sigurdsson and Richarlison thrashed his lay-off beyond Tom Heaton with the aid of a deflection from Ben Mee. Richarlison celebrates after his effort deflected in off Burnley defender Ben Mee to open the scoring for Everton Richarlison is jubilant after Everton took the lead in the 17th minute of the clash against Burnley There has been much debate about the parameters for the Young Player of the Year award but if Richarlison adds consistency to his game, he will be a contender in 12 months – it takes talent to score 13 goals from midfield at the age of 21 but that is what the Brazilian has done. Really, the tally should have been 14 but the glance of Mee’s thigh was deemed sufficient for it to be credited to the Burnley defender. If there was a question about who scored Everton’s first, there was no doubt about the second. Another spell of pressure ended with the ball arriving at Lucas Digne’s feet and the French left-back returned a volley from 20 yards that Tom Heaton could only parry out to Seamus Coleman, who stopped to head in the rebound. Richarlison's strike deflected in off Mee and went into the back of the net as Everton took the lead MATCH FACTS, LEAGUE TABLE & MATCH ZONE Everton: Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne; Schneiderlin, Gueye; Richarlison (Walcott 49), Sigurdsson (Jagielka 90), Bernard (Lookman 73); Calvert-Lewin Subs: Stekelenburg, Baines, Davies, Tosun Goals: Mee 17 (o.g.), Coleman 20 Burnley: Heaton; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Gudmundsson (McNeil 69), Westwood, Cork, Brady (Hendrick 80); Barnes (Vydra 72), Wood Subs: Hart, Crouch, Long, Gibson Booked: Tarkowski, Westwood Premier League Premier League Championship League One League Two Scottish Premiership Scottish Div 1 Scottish Div 2 Scottish Div 3 Ligue 1 Serie A La Liga Bundesliga Ben Mee's own goal followed a well-worked move from Everton Burnley, who have worked tireless to secure their safety, faced an uphill task from then and it should have been even more complicated had referee Cristopher Kavanagh sent Ashley Westwood off for a horribly mistimed tackle on Morgan Schneiderlin that left stud marks on the Frenchman’s leg. Sean Dyche was never going to let his team surrender and they were determined a game of it in the second half but the improvement Everton have made in the past two months can be measured by a defence that had kept five clean sheets in its previous six matches. They did have one fortunate escape when Kavanagh chose not to penalise Michael Keane’s push in the area on substitute Matej Vydra, a decision that incensed Dyche, but Everton were never unduly worried. Given some of what they experienced at the turn of the year, that signifies huge progress. Having suffered an injury, Richarlison was replaced by Theo Walcott in the early stages of the second half Richarlison is helped up by Coleman after suffering an injury during the game against Burnley Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility