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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20147213" data-attributes="member: 158020">Everton 3-0 Norwich City: Youngsters inspire Toffees to victory <img src="http://static.goal.com/3172700/3172752_heroa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Everton wrapped up their Premier League campaign in impressive fashion as they ran out comfortable 3-0 winners against relegated Norwich City at Goodison Park.David Unsworth and Joe Royle took over the Everton reins following Roberto Martinez's sacking in midweek and handed debuts to Tom Davies, Kieran Dowell and Jonjoe Kenny, who all played key roles in the Toffees' victory.James McCarthy opened the scoring for Everton after 19 minutes before Leighton Baines converted a penalty right on the stroke of half-time after Robbie Brady fouled Romelu Lukaku inside the Norwich box.Norwich, who were consigned to an immediate return to the Championship following Sunderland's win over Everton on Wednesday, couldn't live with the Merseysiders as Kevin Mirallas made it 3-0 from Kenny's cross in the second half.The result was Norwich's ninth defeat in their last 10 away games and manager Alex Neil will need to target an improvement in his side's form on the road if he is given the opportunity to mount a promotion charge in the second tier next season. Unsworth and Royle gave a starting place to youngster Matthew Pennington as well as full first-team debuts to Davies and Dowell, while Neil restored Matt Jarvis and Cameron Jerome to his starting line-up. Lukaku's goals have been a bright spot in an otherwise difficult campaign for Everton, and the Belgium international almost added to his league tally of 18 but Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy denied him with a good double save after 10 minutes. Everton's opening goal came from a less likely source when McCarthy slammed home an emphatic first-time shot from 20 yards after a strong run from Dowell, whose confidence and positivity delighted the home crowd throughout the first half.Defensive frailties were one of the major issues of Martinez's tenure at Everton, but lone Norwich striker Jerome failed to threaten departing shot-stopper Tim Howard's goal in the opening period despite some industrious play by Graham Dorrans and Nathan Redmond. On the cusp of half-time, Lukaku tumbled under a challenge from Norwich substitute Brady and Baines coolly slotted the resulting penalty low into the corner of the net to send Everton into the break 2-0 up. With the second half just three minutes old, Dowell carved an opening that saw McCarthy feed substitute Kenny and the 19-year-old crossed for Mirallas to score a simple tap-in at the far post. Howard, making the final appearance of a 10-year Everton career before moving to MLS side Colorado Rapids, was determined to end his time at the club with a clean sheet and he saved well with his foot when Brady fired in a dangerous low shot. Dowell received a rapturous round of applause when he was replaced by Ross Barkley for the last 20 minutes of the game, and though the England international made a wonderful mazy dribble before testing Ruddy with a shot, he didn't do enough to steal the show from the new breed of Everton stars.</blockquote>

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