Everton reached the FA Cup quarter final with a 2-0 win over Boreham Wood.

Salomon Rondon broke the deadlock after an hour when he received a first-time cross from Jonjoe Kenny to slide the ball past Taye Ashby-Hammond.

The Venezuelan doubled his tally seven minutes from time by converting an Andros Townsend delivery which the visitors’ goalkeeper failed to keep out.

Frank Lampard’s side now face a trip to Crystal Palace on the weekend of March 20, where they could secure a first Wembley semi-final since 2016.

Here were the key talking points from Goodison Park:

Lampard’s in-game tweaks pay off again

Frank Lampard’s strength of personality and willingness to make tough calls were invariably driving factors in his Everton appointment four weeks ago.

Unlike the man he replaced in the Goodison Park dugout, however, Lampard takes decisions in the best interest of his team and not personal gratification.

Which was why Nathan Patterson making way, just 45 minutes into his Everton career, in favour of Richarlison should not come as any great shock.

An FA Cup fifth round tie against lower-league opposition should have been far more comfortable for the hosts than their half-time score line suggested.

In truth, Patterson had done little to merit being hooked at the interval of a Blues’ debut which blended promising attacks with solid defensive duties.

But Lampard knew that simply ticking over would not see his side through to the quarter finals and potentially 90 minutes away from a Wembley outing.

Richarlison’s introduction changed Everton’s personnel and style, with their shift to a more dynamic 4-4-2 formation paying off almost from the restart.

Some 40 minutes later, they had eased to a two-goal lead which booked a place in the last eight and vindicated Lampard’s astute in-game management.

Rondon tale embodies ‘Magic of the Cup

Boreham Wood may have left empty-handed but Goodison still witnessed an underdog story which encapsulated the oft-quoted ‘Magic of the FA Cup’.

Salomon Rondon’s second-half brace completed a tale of redemption in a debut season with Everton where little has gone to plan for the striker.

The Venezuelan’s flat-footed and lumpen on-field appearances were often symptomatic of everything that went wrong under Lampard’s predecessor.

Chances to impress the new Everton boss had proven limited with just one substitute outing prior to leading the line against the National League outfit.

Yet Rondon produced a showreel of the attributes which once made him a fearsome prospect whenever West Brom or Newcastle ventured to Goodison.

When his sliding finish on the hour mark jolted a languid contest into life, Goodison refused to hold back in its appreciation for the maligned marksman.

Converting an Andros Townsend cross with a well-taken header in front of the Gwladys Street in the closing stages also felt like a turning point for Rondon.

In a not-too-distant past, he would previously fluff his lines from those same positions with both the goal and the heaving masses behind it at his mercy.

Adulatory chants may prove a work in progress but Rondon’s comeback bid from a position of genuine adversity is already off to a promising start.

Mykolenko leading by example

Understandably, Vitalii Mykolenko’s formative months as an Everton player have been heavily scrutinised for reasons which are far beyond his control.

A change of manager barely a fortnight into that new life on Merseyside was less than ideal before the current trauma in his native Ukraine exacerbated it.

But Mykolenko assumed the captain’s armband on his fourth outing for a night when his homeland was again front and centre of pre-match thoughts.

Deployed initially as a left wing-back, the 22-year-old signalled his attacking intent with an early effort which stung the palms of Taye Ashby-Hammond.

Lampard’s decision to shift Everton’s style at the interval saw him dropping into a traditional left-back position but only lasted another quarter of an hour.

A clattering by visitors’ forward Tyrone Marsh sent Mykolenko crashing into the pitchside advertising hoardings and took the wind firmly out of his sails.

In spite of that bruising encounter, he left the pitch as a leader by example.