Everton helped Leicester City mark their Premier League coronation in style with a 3-1 defeat.
First-half goals from Jamie Vardy and Andy King handed the newly-crowned champions a comfortable advantage before Vardy extended the lead from the penalty spot after the interval.
The England striker missed another spot kick given later in the half before Kevin Mirallas struck a conciliatory effort for the Blues as the pressure continues to mount on Roberto Martinez.
Here were the main talking points from the Blues’ humiliation at the King Power Stadium…
Martinez will not survive this summer
Midway through Andrea Bocelli’s pre-match serenading of the King Power, to mark Leicester’s title triumph, he broke into a rendition befitting of Roberto Martinez.
‘Time to say goodbye’ may not have been aimed at the beleaguered Everton manager but there was plenty who would go on to echo the tenor’s sentiments.
In successive weeks, a clear message has emanated from match-going Blues fans.
The location may change – last week it was the Gwladys Street and tonight, the King Power’s away section – but the mantra remains the same: ‘Roberto Martinez, get out of our club’. It was a message which continues to ring out loud and clear.
Invariably he will be afforded a grace period that will run into next weekend’s curtain call, and the visit of a condemned Norwich City to Goodison Park, to see out his tenure.
That final day fixture is likely to be incredibly uncomfortable viewing for the Catalan with a fan base now unanimously against him set to make their feelings again known.
Champions League form, you’re having a laugh
Martinez was previously bullish about the one respectable trait of his tenure – Everton’s away form.
He claimed it was a record worthy of Champions League qualification.
No sooner had the former Wigan manager made his infamous boast that the club was struck down by a severe case of travel sickness.
From a potential 15 points on the road, they have now taken a pitiful two. The damning stats don’t stop there, either.
In the 29 Premier League games since September 28, they have recorded a solitary win against a team currently not in the bottom five positions of the table – Stoke City – while a staggering 86 shots have been conceded in their previous three games.
As the saying so often goes – Champions League, you’re having a laugh.
Nothing about Niasse’s signing adds up
There has been little about Oumar Niasse’s Everton career to date has convinced anyone that he was worth even a fraction of his £13.5 million transfer fee.
His arrival from Lokamotiv Moscow in the January transfer looks increasingly suspect with every performance in a royal blue shirt.
The latest offering gave license to comparison with Ali Dia, the notorious journeyman striker who was substituted after coming off the bench for Southampton in 1996.
Try as he might, the Senegalese front man cannot resemble a competent footballer. Even when he tried to latch onto a through pass early in the first half, it caught him on the heel in a fashion that would make many a Christmas blooper DVD.
Something clearly does not add up about Niasse and whoever agreed the eight-figure fee to bring him to Merseyside should consider redoing their sums – and fast.
Players have lost faith as much as the fans
On the pitch, Everton’s players have also given up the ghost.
Whether it was the indignity of having to form a guard of honour for their hosts, the unlikely league champions, or the fact that the Blues side that ran out against the Foxes lacked both heart and willingness.
What responsibility they would ordinarily shoulder for Leicester’s walk-over procession has been outweighed by Martinez standing front and centre of the club’s collective failing.
They no longer appear to be playing for their manager – and who could blame them after a season as shambolic as this?