ShareEverton got their Premier League season up and running with three points, and their young midfield duo caught the eye of David Moyes.David Moyes heaped praise upon Everton's new-look midfield after they started their Premier League campaign with an eye-catching 2-0 win over Crystal Palace.Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Thierno Barry scored either side of half-time as the Toffees – who ended 2025-26 on a seven-match winless streak – made a flying start to 2026-27.It is the first time Everton have won their opening game of a Premier League season since August 2021 (3-1 against Southampton under Rafael Benitez), having lost each of their last four matchday one games without scoring.And their victory came after Moyes named a starting lineup with an average age of 25 years and 308 days, their second-youngest in the Scot's second spell at the club after a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest last December (25 years, 176 days).The inclusions of 19-year-old academy graduate Harrison Armstrong and 24-year-old Hayden Hackney – a summer signing from Middlesbrough – helped to bring Everton's average age down, and Moyes was delighted with how the duo did."They were great, I'm really pleased," Moyes told Everton's website. "Harrison is earning his place in the team. He's got an opportunity here, where at other clubs he might not have. He's shown lots of good things."With Hayden, sometimes boys from the Championship need time, but he's done well. I have to give him praise for how quickly he's picked things up."Everton were arguably fortunate to stay in the game prior to Dewsbury-Hall's rasping 42nd-minute strike, though, as both Eddie Nketiah and Jean-Philippe Mateta hit the post for Palace – the former seeing Jordan Pickford touch his one-v-one attempt onto the upright."Both teams had periods in the game. We could easily have been a couple of goals down – it was a worldie save and it could have gone the other way," Moyes said."Once we got the first goal, it settled us. That mattered. We had big moments; Kiernan's goal was important."We managed the game well after that and contained Palace really well."Palace's wastefulness was reflected in the fact that they won the expected goals (xG) battle by 2.04 to 1.16, even while having five fewer shots than Everton did (11 to 16).The Eagles created 1.65 of their xG total in the first half, though, leading new boss Pierre Sage to lament the way their standards dropped in the second half."We played in the right way to win in the first half, but not in the second," Sage told Palace TV. "But when you play in this direction, you have to score."We missed two or three big opportunities, and we gave the goal to the opponent. That's why the second half was difficult, with them getting the second goal too."Sometimes, you know, you do the job but you don't get the salary at the end – and today it was like that."Sometimes you play very well and you can keep it on YouTube, and when you lose your finishing, you take the clip and you put it in the waste. That's why a goal is very important."Everton visit Bournemouth in their second Premier League game of the season next Saturday, following a midweek EFL Cup tie versus Preston North End, while Palace host Manchester City on Friday.Everton got their Premier League season up and running with three points, and their young midfield duo caught the eye of David Moyes.David Moyes heaped praise upon Everton's new-look midfield after they started their Premier League campaign with an eye-catching 2-0 win over Crystal Palace.Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Thierno Barry scored either side of half-time as the Toffees – who ended 2025-26 on a seven-match winless streak – made a flying start to 2026-27.It is the first time Everton have won their opening game of a Premier League season since August 2021 (3-1 against Southampton under Rafael Benitez), having lost each of their last four matchday one games without scoring.And their victory came after Moyes named a starting lineup with an average age of 25 years and 308 days, their second-youngest in the Scot's second spell at the club after a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest last December (25 years, 176 days).The inclusions of 19-year-old academy graduate Harrison Armstrong and 24-year-old Hayden Hackney – a summer signing from Middlesbrough – helped to bring Everton's average age down, and Moyes was delighted with how the duo did."They were great, I'm really pleased," Moyes told Everton's website. "Harrison is earning his place in the team. He's got an opportunity here, where at other clubs he might not have. He's shown lots of good things."With Hayden, sometimes boys from the Championship need time, but he's done well. I have to give him praise for how quickly he's picked things up."Everton were arguably fortunate to stay in the game prior to Dewsbury-Hall's rasping 42nd-minute strike, though, as both Eddie Nketiah and Jean-Philippe Mateta hit the post for Palace – the former seeing Jordan Pickford touch his one-v-one attempt onto the upright."Both teams had periods in the game. We could easily have been a couple of goals down – it was a worldie save and it could have gone the other way," Moyes said."Once we got the first goal, it settled us. That mattered. We had big moments; Kiernan's goal was important."We managed the game well after that and contained Palace really well."Palace's wastefulness was reflected in the fact that they won the expected goals (xG) battle by 2.04 to 1.16, even while having five fewer shots than Everton did (11 to 16).The Eagles created 1.65 of their xG total in the first half, though, leading new boss Pierre Sage to lament the way their standards dropped in the second half."We played in the right way to win in the first half, but not in the second," Sage told Palace TV. "But when you play in this direction, you have to score."We missed two or three big opportunities, and we gave the goal to the opponent. That's why the second half was difficult, with them getting the second goal too."Sometimes, you know, you do the job but you don't get the salary at the end – and today it was like that."Sometimes you play very well and you can keep it on YouTube, and when you lose your finishing, you take the clip and you put it in the waste. That's why a goal is very important."Everton visit Bournemouth in their second Premier League game of the season next Saturday, following a midweek EFL Cup tie versus Preston North End, while Palace host Manchester City on Friday.