Aston Villa 1 Everton 3
Rampant Everton romped to the easiest of wins as all of Villas old failings came back to haunt them.
Even Prince Harry would have blushed at being this badly exposed!
Ciaran Clark capped a disastrous afternoon when he allowed Nikica Jelavic to get goalside of him after 58 minutes and clipped his heels.
Mike Oliver sent him packing to reduce Villa to 10 men a bigger punishment would have been letting Clark stay on!
Buoyed by Mondays 1-0 win over Manchester United, the Toffees turned on the style to show the value of stability.
David Moyes has painstakingly put together a squad over the last decade, while Lambert is Villas FIFTH boss in just two years!
Its time to get the chequebook out Randy! Either Villas owner backs Lambert with hard cash over the next five days to bring in the quality required. Or he goes for the long haul.
The problem is much of it could be spent outside the top flight because this squad simply does not look fit for purpose.
Lambert had vowed to turn Villa Park into a seething cauldron. But within three minutes Steven Pienaar had turned it into a morgue.
The Holte End did their bit when they gave their new boss a huge ovation.
But once the action started it was same old, same old. Brittle at the back, devoid of ideas and authority in midfield and toothless in attack.
HE'S A LOVELY JELA ... Everton hail scorer Nikica Jelavic
The opening goal after 152 SECONDS was a sign of things to come.
Leon Osman, Steven Naismith and Pienaar ran circles around the defence before the latter curled in a stunning effort.
CARD LUCK STORY ... Ciaran Clark sees red
If that was sublime, the next goal after 31 minutes was frankly ridiculous. Marouane Fellainis header lacked direction but Shay Given tamely patted it into his own net.
Given was beaten again just before half-time when Nikica Jelavic slammed home at the near post for his ninth goal in his last 10 league appearances.
Things went from bad to worse for Villa when Clark was sent off but at least they salvaged some pride with Karim El Ahmadis stunning long-range effort which swerved in two directions to totally bamboozle Tim Howard.
