Celta Vigo striker Nolito struck a hat-trick as Everton lost 3-1 in a friendly last night.
Roberto Martinez fielded a strong line-up for Everton's penultimate pre-season game before the Premier League kicks off, with Tim Howard, Leighton Baines, Gareth Barry and Leighton Baines all starting.
The home side took an early lead after Steven Naismith miscontrolled a Leighton Baines cross only for Aiden McGeady to rifle the ball into the bottom left corner of the net.
But the La Liga side equalised soon after when former Benfica striker Nolito instinctively side-footed home a cross from the right flank.
Just five minutes later Nolito robbed John Stones of the ball and ran at goal before dinking the ball over Howard.
And moments later, Nolito completed his 16-minute hat-trick when his long-range effort flew past Howard, aided by a deflection of Stones.
"It was a tough test," Martinez told evertontv. "It was one of those exercises where we got the benefit of testing different things and seeing the fitness levels of the players.
"They played as we expected; they pressed us really high up and we wanted to take advantage of that and make sure we could test them."
