Everton 2-2 Spurs

The report in full...

The in-form Brazilian striker netted his eighth and ninth goals in his last eight Premier League games, twice giving us the lead in the first half, but we were twice pegged back as Jack Harrison and Jarrad Branthwaite netted for the home side.

We made a confident start, taking the lead just four minutes in. We worked it well down the left, Destiny Udogie playing the perfect cut-back in to Richarlison who hit a fine side-foot volley past Jordan Pickford, although there was no celebration on the ground he knows so well following his four-year spell with the Toffees.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin headed a decent chance over the bar and Everton started to get the better of the game, having more of the ball and were a threat at set-pieces, putting lots of pressure on Guglielmo Vicario at corners and it was one such incident that led to their 30^th-minute equaliser. Dwight McNeil whipped in a corner, Harrison prevented our goalkeeper from getting a clean connection on the cross and James Tarkowski was able to nod it back into the six-yard box for Calvert-Lewin to head home, the ball brushing off Harrison who was credited with the goal.

The Goodison crowd were up at this stage, lifted by their team but we quietened them down with a quite magnificent second goal five minutes before the break. Timo Werner got down the left and played it back to James Maddison on the edge of the area, he popped the ball to Richarlison who curled a wonderful right-foot effort into the top corner.

Vicario made an excellent double save from another corner moments later, keeping out Ben Godfrey’s header before kicking the ball away just as Harrison was about to tap in and we held a one-goal lead at the break.

Pedro Porro’s 20-yard drive brought a smart save out of Pickford early in the second half and the England keeper also kept out Maddison’s effort from a similar distance before denying Richarlison his hat-trick after good work from Maddison and substitute Dejan Kulusevski.

The second period was certainly quieter than the first and we were managing the game better, not conceding the number of set-pieces that had caused us so much trouble earlier in the contest, Micky van de Ven in particular having an impressive game.

The visitors had a great chance two minutes from time, substitute Youssef Chermiti’s poke goalwards saved on his goalline by Vicario but they levelled in the fourth of seven added minutes, a free-kick from the left flicking off the head of Cristian Romero and Branthwaite nodded in at the far post to leave us frustrated at the final whistle.