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By Connor Bennett

Tom Davies’ first goal for Everton almost reduced one of his Blues team-mates to tears.

Kieran Dowell was overcome with joy for his mate Davies, following the midfielder’s wonder striker against Manchester City on Sunday.

Dowell told how he and fellow youth prospect Harry Charsley sat with Davies’ family as he lit up Goodison Park with his impressive display.

The pair watched on as their pal capped off his man of the match performance with one of the goals of the season, and what could prove to be one of the goals of his career.

Davies showed his emotion by celebrating with fans in the Gwladys Street but Dowell was also emotional.

“I felt like crying when he scored” Dowell told evertonfc.com.

“It was so emotional because we’ve been through so much together since we were kids. It was brilliant.”

“Me and Harry Charsley were sat in the stands against Manchester City with Tom’s mum, dad, brother and brother’s girlfriend and it was just unbelievable.”

The pair watched as Davies picked the ball up in his own half and drove fearlessly at the City midfield alone. With the imposing Yaya Toure and clever Gael Clichy bearing down on him, Davies pulled off a ridiculous ball chop between his feet to continue his run.

Laying it off to Romelu Lukaku, Davies waited before receiving a return ball from Ross Barkley. The 18-year-old lifted the ball over a beaten Claudio Bravo to score a goal that he may not better in his career.

Dowell also revealed that Everton Under-23s boss David Unsworth used Davies’ performance and goal as a team talk prior to the win over Reading on Monday night.

He said: “That was the sort of team talk we had from Unsy.

“He was saying follow suit from what the first team had done the day before and we did that really well.”

The 19-year-old midfielder was pivotal to the 3-0 win over the Royals and scored another superb goal, following what his pal did just 24 hours earlier.

Dowell also gave a nod to another youth player who got his name on the scoresheet this weekend. Callum Connolly scored twice to give Wigan Athletic a 2-0 win over Burton Albion on Saturday afternoon.

He added: “Callum Connolly has just gone to Wigan as well and scored two on his debut, so it shows the experience you can get.

“I was watching Soccer Saturday and it was great to see. I was made up for him.”