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Martinez hails Everton performance for Aston Villa rout

Everton boss Roberto Martinez was delighted with their 4-0 win over Aston Villa.

The home side were 3-0 up by half-time thanks to Ross Barkley's brace either side of a header from Romelu Lukaku, who then added his second around the hour mark.

Martinez, whose side beat Sunderland 6-2 in their previous home outing and are up to seventh in the table, said: "I was delighted in the manner we played today - how we carried on the attacking threat from the Sunderland game, but also, more importantly, what we did off the ball and keeping a clean sheet. That was probably the key.

"Two games at home now with 10 goals from open play is quite remarkable - the talent we have we have going forward.

"But then more impressively was the manner in which we kept Aston Villa very quiet today and got a very good clean sheet."

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