The significance of Everton’s win over Leicester City dominated the reflections of the national media present at Goodison Park.

For all the praise afforded to Beto and James Garner, the two players who were integral to the 4-0 win, much of the attention was directed towards David Moyes and the impact he has had in the short time since his return.

There was no shortage of references to the Blues boss taking weeks to match the number of Premier League wins his predecessor had recorded in months.

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Among those who pointed to the revival was Chris Bascombe, who wrote in the Telegraph: “David Moyes has not created a new manager ‘bounce’ at Everton. He has engineered a gravity defying leap when compared to what immediately preceded him at Goodison Park.

“Sean Dyche needed five months and 19 games to win three Premier League games this season. Moyes has matched that in 14 days and four matches… Dyche’s side managed just seven goals from open play this season. Everton now have seven from open play in Moyes’ first four matches. Famine to feast is putting it mildly.”

In the Guardian, Andy Hunter adopted a similar approach, writing: “A team reborn under his leadership delivered emphatically. An opening blitz that included the fastest goal scored at the historic old stadium destroyed Ruud van Nistelrooy’s abject visitors and secured Everton’s third successive league win under their new manager.”

Paul Joyce expanded on the importance of the win by placing it in the context of the injuries Moyes had to deal with it. Both heroes of this match, Beto and Garner, were enforced introductions following the severe injuries suffered to Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Orel Mangala.

He wrote in the Times: “Aside from the false start against Aston Villa in his first game, Moyes has been pretty much faultless in everything he has done and also said, talking with realism but also ambition about a club that is dear to his heart.

“Notwithstanding Leicester were abject, this would have constituted his most pleasing win given the litany of injury problems which have reared and left Beto as his only fit forward.”

Over in the Mail, Joe Bernstein highlighted the complaints from the away end as Leicester struggle to consolidate their Premier League status, but added there would be little sympathy in L4. He wrote: “Not that Everton will care about the Foxes' problems. Their club has had its problems in recent years so they deserved to make the most of a joyous afternoon.

"The omens weren't good with Moyes having to pick a team without the injured Orel Mangala and Calvert-Lewin. But Beto was a revelation at centre-forward and midfield creator James Garner started his first game for four months following a back problem and was absolutely brilliant.”

In the ECHO, the match report swept through the role of Beto in this win before placing it in the context of the transfer window and the season as a whole: “For the past week, as the severity of the hamstring injury suffered by first choice striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin became clear, all of the talk surrounding Everton has been about whether they can find someone to lead the frontline for the coming months.

“That question will continue to be asked until the transfer window closes on Monday night. But the dynamic has now changed in more ways than one. The most obvious is that this is no longer an ‘all or nothing’ equation for Everton. Goodison Park was a curious mix of confidence and anxiety before referee Darren Bond blew for kick-off. A defeat would threaten the good work overseen by David Moyes since his return to the dugout last month.

"The prize for a victory was three points that would alter the complexion at the bottom of the table. This emphatic win means, for the first time in four seasons, Everton enter February able to look up the table with hope rather than down it in fear.”