Barkley Continues To Impress

[Folami David]

Romelu Lukaku deservedly scooped the man of the match award after Everton's 3-2 Premier League win over Newcastle on Monday but Toffees fans will have been even happier with another command performance by teenage midfielder Ross Barkley.
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Lukaku scored two and set up Barkley for Everton's other goal in a wonderful first-half team display that showed how quickly the new manager's passing philosophy is taking hold.
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The striker, on-loan from Chelsea, is just the sort of committed centre forward Evertonians love, but he is on board only for one season whereas Barkley, who has been at the club since he was 11, is Everton through and through.
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That, of course, as Wayne Rooney showed, is no guarantee that he will see out his career at the club but for the moment, the fans can sit back and enjoy a player described by manager Roberto Martinez as a "diamond".