Everton eases pressure on Silva with 3-0 win at Cardiff

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Everton eased the pressure on manager Marco Silva by winning 3-0 at Cardiff in the Premier League on Tuesday, with Gylfi Sigurdsson scoring twice.
Three straight losses had left Silva feeling the heat from an increasingly skeptical Everton fan base, and the Portuguese coach was in desperate need of a victory ahead of Sunday’s Merseyside derby with Liverpool.
Sigurdsson started the game with boos ringing in his ears from the home crowd, given his three-year spell