Tottenham have been left pissed off of their title push as Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite’s added-time header snatched a 2-2 draw to spoil two-goal Richarlison’s return to Goodison Park.
The guests appeared heading in the right direction to make it six wins in seven on Saturday after high quality strikes from the Brazil worldwide, just for the Toffees’ 21-year-old centre-back, certainly one of their gamers of the season, to pop up on the far put up together with his first purpose of the marketing campaign.
A degree was as a lot a reward for Sean Dyche’s facet’s willpower because it was a punishment for Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs not ending off their opponents once they had the possibility.
Richarlison selected to not rejoice his eighth and ninth targets within the final eight league matches in deference to followers who lower than two years in the past adored him for the half he performed of their first escape towards relegation.
However there have been wild scenes within the fourth minute of further time when Tottenham defender Cristian Romero may solely flick on James Garner’s inswinging free-kick and Branthwaite ghosted in to nod previous Guglielmo Vicario, who endured a tough afternoon coping with Everton’s set-pieces.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s struggles additionally continued as he thought he had ended a 17-game drought extending again to October by nodding in from shut vary for the Toffees’ first equaliser just for the purpose to be credited to Jack Harrison simply earlier than the beginning of the second half.
There have been no such doubts about Richarlison’s well-taken targets; the primary after 4 minutes when he swept house a volley after Idrissa Gana Gueye – accidents that means he went got here straight again within the facet following Senegal’s African Nations Cup exit – had allowed Future Udogie to run past him to gather Timo Werner’s go.
However as an alternative of urgent house their early benefit Spurs had been pushed again, with Harrison’s embarrassment at lacking from a few yards spared by an offside flag.
Everton’s finest alternatives got here from set-pieces, significantly with Dwight McNeil concentrating on Vicario with inswinging corners from the suitable.
It was a type of which ultimately paid off as Vicario, underneath strain from Garner, didn’t cope with a nook underneath his personal crossbar and James Tarkowski headed again throughout purpose for Calvert-Lewin to nod in.
Or so he thought till intervention from the Premier League’s purpose accreditation panel.
Everton are nonetheless and not using a league win since mid-December however the method through which they secured some extent ought to do wonders for morale.
The dangerous information? A visit to Manchester Metropolis now awaits them.
