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Yannick Bolasie and Ross Barkley react on Twitter to Everton win

Everton's Ross Barkley in action with Middlesbrough's Antonio Barragan (Reuters)
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Everton won against Middlesbrough in the Premier League on Saturday.

Ross Barkley celebrates scoring the third goal for Everton

Everton winger Yannick Bolasie has taken to social networking site Twitter to give his reaction to his side’s victory over Middlesbrough on Saturday evening.

The Merseyside outfit continued their strong start to the season with a 3-1 win Boro at home in the Premier League

A Maarten Stekelenburg own goal, under pressure from Alvaro Negredo, put Boro in the lead after 21 minutes.

Gareth Barry restored parity on his 600th top-flight appearance just three minutes later, and Seamus Coleman and Romelu Lukaku found the net in the final minutes of the first half.

Everton's Yannick Bolasie applauds fans after the match

Bolasie started the match and played for the entire 90 minutes, and the 27-year-old winger was delighted to have won.

The DR Congo international has also congratulated his teammate Barry, and so has Everton attacking midfielder Ross Barkley.

Everton's Ross Barkley misses a penalty

Over the course of the 90 minutes at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon, hosts Everton had 52% of the possession, took 11 shots of which six were on target, and earned six corners, according to BBC Sport.

Ronald Koeman’s side are second in the league table at the moment with 13 points from five matches, just two points behind leaders Manchester City.

Everton's Gareth Barry