LONDON, Feb 26 — Everton’s penalty for breaching Premier League financial rules has been reduced from 10 points to six following an appeal, the English top flight announced on Monday.

The club were hit with the punishment — the biggest in Premier League history — for breaching profit and sustainability rules (PSRs) in the three-year assessment period ending in 2021/22.

The original deduction left Sean Dyche’s side 19th in the table and fighting to beat relegation.