Everton boss Marco Silva was happy to break a top six hoodoo with victory over Chelsea.

Silva says waiting over two years for a win against a top six side is unacceptable for a club of Everton's stature declaring: "This is something that cannot happen again."

Goals from Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson, both taking their tallies for the league season to 12 in the process, handed Everton the victory and had Silva saying it must be the start of a different run of form against the top six.

"To be honest with you, I didn't know these numbers before the match but one of your colleagues asked me this," Silva said.

“But the first thing I want to say to you is that this is something that cannot happen again because it is not a normal thing, for a club like us, not to be winning against a strong side.

“Of course, I am 100% sure all of the managers and players who were here before did their best to achieve that, like I am doing now, but for our quality as a club and how big we are as a club, we cannot allow that to happen again.

“It is up to us to work together for it to be more normal for us to beat these strong sides when we play against them."