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It may have been only 11 minutes of brilliance, but it also showed Romelu Lukaku and Everton could be capable of big things in the Premier League this season.With their star striker finally in form, the Toffees try to extend their fast start Saturday against promoted Middlesbrough at Goodison Park.After scoring 25 goals in all competitions last season, Lukaku was in high demand for a potential high-cost transfer, with rumours flying throughout the summer regarding the 23-year-olds next potential destination.But new manager Ronald Koeman was able to convince the Belgian international to stay put, and Everton (3-1-0) have enjoyed a strong open to the season. They enter this match third in the table, behind only unblemished Manchester City and trailing Chelsea on goals scored.Lukaku had a slow start to the season, with Koeman giving him extra time off after representing Belgium in the European Championship this summer. It took him two-plus matches, but once he opened the scoring on the hour of Evertons 3-0 win Monday at Sunderland, the goals came thick and fast.We know about strikers, they live for scoring, Koeman said at his Thursday news conference. If the team is winning, then Im happy. Lukaku is always a scoring player but we need to support him and give him chances to score.Koeman also played a large hand in the victory by pulling Ross Barkley at halftime in favour of Lukakus compatriot Gerard Deulofeu. His added pace, coupled with the shift of new signing Yannick Bolasie to the wing wreaked all sorts of havoc on Sunderlands back line, resulting in Lukaku recording the fastest road hat trick in Everton history.Im back in business and want to help my teammates as much as I can to reach our objectives, Lukaku told EvertonTV after scoring his first club goals since March 12. In the second half, we made the pitch big and everybody played their positions. We created so many chances and showed what we can do if we exploit the spaces on the pitch.Koeman may also give transfer deadline signing Enner Valencia his Everton debut. The former West Ham forward, who signed for ￡14.5 million, played the full 90 minutes in both of Ecuadors World Cup qualifying losses last week.Another reason for the Toffees strong start is their defence, with their two goals conceded matching Spurs for fewest in the Premier League. They have not conceded a goal in 351 minutes across all competitions and are trying to record three consecutive shutouts in league play for the first time since Jan. 31-Feb. 7, 2015.Additionally, midfielder Gareth Barry is set to make his 600th Premier League appearance in a career that spans back to his debut with Aston Villa in 1997. He will be just the third player to reach that milestone, joining Ryan Giggs (632) and Frank Lampard (609).Hes still an important player for us because he is a clever player and those type of players will always have respect and be important, Koeman said of the 35-year-old Barry. Its an amazing achievement to reach.In the Premier League for the first time since 2009, Middlesbrough (1-2-1) have enjoyed a solid start and are ninth in the standings entering this match. Boro carried most of the play last weekend against Crystal Palace, but couldnt find an equaliser in the final 43 minutes after Wilfried Zaha scored the decisive goal in a 2-1 home loss to the EaglesIts a good learning curve for us, defender Ben Gibson told the teams official website. If youre not 100 percent full tilt, you will get punished in this league.After a favourable early schedule in terms of opponents -- Stoke City and Sunderland occupy the leagues bottom two rungs while Palace and West Bromwich Albion are in the lower half of the table -- facing Lukaku and Everton represent a huge jump in the quality of opposition.We know Everton are a really good team with a good experienced manager, Middlesbrough gaffer Aitor Karanka said at his news conference. They are unbeaten and have 10 points so its a game we have to be at 100 percent if we want to compete.Everton have no injury concerns, while Karanka is sweating on the availability of Jordan Rhodes (knee) and Christian Stuani (groin). Stuani has two of Boros four goals, scoring both in their win over Sunderland on Aug. 21.The teams met last season in the fifth round of the League Cup, with Deulofeu and Lukaku scoring eight minutes apart to power Everton to a 2-0 victory at Riverside Stadium. 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Shoes Black Friday Deals 2020 . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No.DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Ford found some extra power at one of NASCARs fastest tracks, enough to put Greg Biffle on the pole for the first time in almost four years.Biffle led a Ford contingent to a strong showing in qualifying for Saturday nights race at Daytona International Speedway to earn the top starting spot.He was one of seven Ford drivers to qualify in the top 14 at a track where Toyota used teamwork to win the Daytona 500 in February.Biffle was the last car to make a lap in Friday nights qualifying session and earned the top starting spot with a speed of 192.995 mph in his Roush Fenway Racing Ford.It is Biffles first pole since Charlotte in October 2012, a streak of 130 races, and he credited engine builder Doug Yates.I am not going to discredit winning a pole, but we would sure like to win an open race track, Biffle said. We have been really close with a couple outside front-row starts and just havent quite gotten there. It does feel good for our team though.Biffle bumped Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch from the top of the leaderboard. Edwards lap of 192.748 was good enough for second, and Busch dropped to third with a lap at 192.336.Joe Gibbs Racing had to scramble to ready Buschs backup car for qualifying after Busch destroyed his Toyota during a crash in Friday mornings practice session.Ricky Stenhouse Jr. qualified fourth to give Roush two drivers in the top four.It is a good day for the Roush Fenway Fords, Stenhouse said. The guys have been bringing really good cars to the speedways, really fast cars. It is really cool that Greg got it for our organization. It shows we are putting a lot of hard work in and it is starting to pay off at every race track.Brad Keselowski qualified fifth in a Team Penske Ford. Teammate Joey Logano was 11th, and Ryan Blaney was 12th for The Wood Brothers. Roush driver Trevor Bayne was 13th and Aric Almirola 14th for Richard Petty Motorsports. All the Fords use engines built by Doug Yates.I am really happy to see a Ford on the pole with Greg Biffle, and I think we will be ready to race, Keselowski said. It makes you feel really good to see all those Ford teammates up there in the front of the field.The Ford drivers will have to work together to fend off the Toyota brigade that ganged up on the field to win the Daytona 500. JGRs four drivers worked with Martin Truex Jr. to form a juggernaut that led to a Denny Hamlin win as Toyota drivers took four of the top five spots.Edwards expected a similar strategy on Saturday night.That worked really well. I dont know that it will ever work that well again, Edwards said.I assume well just try to do the same thing, which was basically work together if we can, and I watched a little bit of the race the other day and everything just worked out perfectly. If we can do that again, it would be great. We really have a good group of cars, and we have a great group of teammates so that would be good.Austin Dillon, who was involved in a horrible accident on the last lap of thiis race last year, in which his car went airborne into the fence, qualified sixth as the fastest Chevrolet.ddddddddddddJimmie Johnson was seventh; he was the only Hendrick Motorsports driver to advance to the second round of qualifying. Hendrick drivers had won six consecutive poles on restrictor plate tracks dating to the 2015 Daytona 500.Hamlin was ninth and Kurt Busch 10th.Truex, who lost in a photo finish to Hamlin in the 500, was 15th. Defending race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. was 16th.Tony Stewart, who snapped an 84-race winless streak last week on the road course at Sonoma, qualified 19th.Other notes from Friday at Daytona:AVERAGE EARNHARDT: He didnt get the starting spot he hoped for, but Earnhardt still believes he has a decent shot to get his first win of the season on Saturday night.Its going to be slick in the race and handling is going to be real important, Earnhardt said. Im more concerned really with the car driving good. Might not be the fastest car out there; thats not the car that is going to win the race. I think the guy thats got the best handling package. This place is going to be pretty slick.---BUSCHS BACKUP: JGR did a good job getting Busch a strong car after he crashed his primary in Fridays practice. He had harsh words for Goodyear after the accident, which was caused by a cut tire.Busch complained he didnt have much confidence in Goodyear -- teammate Edwards also had a tire issue in the morning -- but he had softened his stance by the end of the day.From my vantage point, weve had a lot of tire issues this year. Thats probably four, five or six tires that weve blown this year, Busch said. We also did the tire test at Kentucky and didnt necessarily have the best of results, I felt like. Thats where the frustration probably stemmed from and came from.Goodyear probably didnt deserve what they got from me earlier today, but thats just from earlier today.---SLOW ELLIOTT: Chase Elliott opened the year with the pole for the Daytona 500, then duplicated the feat at Talladega Superspeedway.He had no shot at making it three consecutive poles at plate tracks and will start 24th on Saturday.It was not as good as weve been in the last couple of plate races, but, hey, well try to focus on the race, Elliott said. Im looking forward to the race and just trying to get going and hopefully not make the same mistake I made here in February.---SMITHS PROBLEM: Regan Smith had a problem on his qualifying attempt and wasnt able to complete a timed lap. Hell start 40th.I crossed the start/finish line taking the green flag, and something happened that changed the pitch and it seemed like I lost a little bit of power, he said. Just to be safe, killed the motor and got it back (to the garage) to see what is wrong with it. If there is a silver lining with this whole thing, at Daytona, you can start toward the back and still make time and be OK. ' ' '