Shane Long struck a rare Premier League goal as Southampton overwhelmed Everton 2-0 on the south coast with Stuart Armstrong also on target.
If Armstrong was ecstatic to end a drought running from 4 April, 2021, Long stepped off the bench to top that sense of relief with his first touch.
Republic of Ireland striker Long's last Premier League effort for Saints came in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa on 22 February, 2020.
Just as Saints' goalscorers are enjoying a top-flight resurgence, so too are Ralph Hasenhuttl's collective. Southampton extended their recent fine run to just one defeat in 11 matches in all competitions with another impressive showing.
Southampton dominated in every area of the field as James Ward-Prowse and Oriol Romeu's mix of industry and ingenuity buffeted Everton off their stride all afternoon, Kyle Walker-Peters bossed the left flank and Armando Broja was unfortunate to end the day without a goal.
Armstrong and Long cemented Saints in 10th spot and left Everton floundering in 16th.
Frank Lampard thought he had generated lift-off with the 3-0 home thumping of Leeds on 12 February in his third match at the Goodison Park helm.
But the ex-Chelsea boss will need no telling that this loss - and the curiously supine performance - leaves his side still flirting with a relegation battle.
Saints' fans taunted their Toffees counterparts with chants of "you're going down" at the death, while the visiting supporters launched a blue smoke bomb onto the field in frustration.
The opening of the first half fell to Walker-Peters, who picked his spot and drilled goalwards. His rasping strike beat Pickford all ends up but skimmed the outside of the post as the sides both failed to score in the first half.
Saints turned around by far the more frustrated at the stalemate then, while Lampard took no prisoners in hooking Allan for Andre Gomes.
Calvert-Lewin nodded home straight after the break as Everton started quickly, but the England forward was comfortably offside.
Saints kept their heads, however, and duly swept to a fully-merited lead.
Armstrong's measured finish finally rewarded the hosts' dominance, with the Scotland midfielder steadying from Adams' pass before drilling home.
Saints' dominance never wavered, and late replacement Long nodded home a match-sealing second with his first touch after replacing Broja.
England duo Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka once again provided the goods as Arsenal beat Brentford to move within a point of the Premier League top four.
Making just his second league start since 2 December, Smith Rowe's solo effort broke the deadlock before fellow academy graduate Saka added a well-taken second in a 2-1 victory, Christian Norgaard striking a last-gasp consolation for the visitors.
The win drew Arsenal level on points with West Ham in fifth and left them just a point off Manchester United, who occupy the final Champions League place.
The Gunners also have two games in hand on United, who face a trip to Leeds on Sunday afternoon.
Smith Rowe was recalled in the only change from Arsenal's win at Wolves, replacing the suspended Gabriel Martinelli in Mikel Arteta's side.
But it was shaping up to be a frustrating afternoon for the hosts, who had seen the majority of their top-four rivals drop points since they were last in action.
They had 16 shots in a dominant first half, albeit only registering two efforts on target, with Saka poking wide when well-placed.
Alexandre Lacazette thought he had broken the deadlock but his effort was ruled out by a narrow offside call. Brentford, again without top-scorer Ivan Toney and new recruit Christian Eriksen, created very few chances in a half where they seemed focused on keeping Arsenal at bay.
That game plan fell by the wayside just three minutes after the interval as Smith Rowe skipped inside two defenders and saw his low shot beat David Raya in the Brentford goal.
Even after falling behind, the visitors struggled to really muster up the opportunities to threaten the Arsenal lead.
Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa were feeding on scraps up front and it was no surprise when the home side doubled their lead.
Lacazette won a tussle with Bees skipper Pontus Jansson, with the ball finding its way through to Saka, who coolly slotted home from just inside the box.
Brentford have now won just one of their last 10 league outings and could take little consolation from Norgaard's bundled effort at the end of stoppage time as VAR overturned an offside call.
Hakim Ziyech struck an 89th-minute winner to help new world champions Chelsea earn a narrow 1-0 win at Crystal Palace.
Video assistant referee had denied the Morocco international earlier in the second half when Romelu Lukaku, who only had seven touches at Selhurst Park, was deemed to be offside.
It looked like being another frustrating afternoon for Thomas Tuchel's side until Ziyech netted to build momentum after their Club World Cup success in Abu Dhabi with three points in the Premier League, which strengthens their stranglehold on third position.
Chelsea's numerous cup commitments meant this was their first top-flight fixture since 23 January and any faint title hopes they had after a 2-0 win over Tottenham last month had virtually evaporated now.
After a scoreless first half, Palace were forced into a change at the break with Jack Butland introduced for first-choice goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and he was braced for action when Kai Havertz was fouled a yard outside the area but Ziyech's subsequent effort hit the wall.
Substitute Mateo Kovacic's first touch was a pass into Lukaku, who saw a shot saved by Butland and Ziyech was on hand to tap home the rebound.
Chelsea's joy was cut short though by VAR with the goal ruled out because Lukaku had been offside, which sparked celebrations from the home crowd.
Tuchel's new world champions would not be denied and it was another substitute who created the winner.
Marcos Alonso spotted Ziyech unmarked at the back post and found the former Ajax attacker who volleyed in for his seventh goal of the season.
Zaha went close again almost straight from kick-off but Palace lost for a ninth consecutive time to Chelsea and remain in 13th.
Emmanuel Dennis ended Watford's three-month wait for a victory as Roy Hodgson celebrated his first win in charge on the road at Aston Villa.
The Hornets arrived at Villa Park in the midst of the longest current winless run in the Premier League, having picked up just two points in the 11 matches that followed November's memorable win against Manchester United.
Hodgson replaced Claudio Ranieri during that bleak run and secured his first victory as Watford manager on Saturday afternoon as Dennis headed home a cross from Ismaila Sarr to seal a 1-0 triumph.
Steven Gerrard - who played under Hodgson with Liverpool and England - was left frustrated by the well-drilled visitors, who held firm during a lively Villa start in which Danny Ings saw penalty appeals against Samir turned down.
But Villa huffed and puffed without seriously threatening Ben Foster's goal, with opposite number Emiliano Martinez having far more to do.
The Argentina international would only be beaten in the 78th minute as Dennis headed home a fine cross from Sarr - the first goal of the Hodgson era and a winning one at that.
Villa supporters' frustration was clear, both with referee Robert Jones and their team's display, at the end of a match that they had started brightly.
Relegation-threatened Burnley climbed off the bottom of the table with a 3-0 win at Brighton.
Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst scored his first goal, before Josh Brownhill's deflected shot doubled the visitors' advantage. Aaron Lennon's second-half strike then added to the Clarets' joy as they cruised to a first win in 12 top-flight games.
