Super Eagles star, Alex Iwobi, featured for 90 minutes but could not help Everton avoid defeat to Fulham in their first league game of the season on Saturday.
Summer signee for Fulham, Calvin Bassey, was an unused substitute.
Bobby Reid was the hero for Fulham as his 73rd minute strike was enough to secure the win.
In other results, Brighton hammered newly promoted Luton 4-1, Crystal Palace pipped another newly promoted side Sheffield United 1-0, and Bournemouth were held to a 1-1 draw at home by West Ham.
In the early kickoff at the Emirates, Taiwo Awoniyi was on target in Nottingham Forest’s 2-1 loss to Arsenal.
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