Two late goals enlivened a dull match into a thrilling finish, though the resultant draw suited neither side; Everton move up to 16th and Brighton to 14th
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First published on Sun 15 Oct 2017 07.39 EDT
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Right then, that’s about us - bye! Oh, and join Simon Burnton for Southampton-Newcastle, here and now!
That was not a very good game at all, but the last ten minutes were delicious. Errors, fury, idiocy and violence - all the things that make the Premier League the best league in the world - were there in abundance, and at the end we got a result to infuriate both teams. Lovely stuff.
Full-time: Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Everton
So Everton move up to 15th and Brighton to 14th. Both will be vex.
90+4 min Holgate finds space down the left and dries a cross that finds Mirallas! But though he makes good contact - twice! - Ryan is there on both occasions to beat clear!
90+4 min In all the fuss, I neglected to note that Davies has come on - for whom I’m not sure.
90+3 min Mirallas is booked for pulling back Gross, thus ending a Brighton break.
90+3 min I hope Chris Hughton ties Bruno to a goalpost tomorrow morning, and has Dunk and Duffy practice finishing from three yards.
90+2 min Suttner humps one into the box, but Keane is there to head away.
90+1 min A game of football has broken out.
90 min There shall be a minimum of four added minutes.
GOAL! Brighton 1-1 Everton (Rooney pen, 90)
Ryan goes right, Rooney drills left, and the least reliable penalty taker in the world has saved Everton!
88 min PENALTY TO EVERTON!
Sigurdsson lifts in the free-kick and at the back post, Bruno elbows Calvert-Lewin. That is majestically brainless! He has a look, steadies himself, and then flings a forearm into neck for absolutely no reason! What a hero! Immense! He’s booked, but should’ve gone off really. Wayne Rooney readies himself to be saviour, if you ignore the last 87 minutes of nowt-doing.
88 min Everton break and Niasse scoots forward, so naturally Knockaert pulls him down; yellow card.
87 min Brighton are streaming forward now, Brown finding Inquierdo, taking the ball back, and shmicing a shot that Pickford beats over the top. The corner comes to nowt.
87 min Everton play Lyon on Thursday and Arsenal next weekend. Gulp.
86 min Oh, Everton. And spare a thought for Ronald Koeman, who has about 15 minutes to find someone not named Ronald Koeman to blame.
85 min Murray departs, replaced by Brown.
84 min On comes Mirallas - it was going to be for Rooney, but now it’s for Baines. I’m sure that’ll sort things.
GOAL! Brighton 1-0 Everton (Knockaert 83)
Bruno goes down the right and diddles Holgate, who sells himself, and clips back for Izquierdo. But though his contact, eight yards out, is solid, Keane blocks well yet again ... only the rebound falls into the path of Knockaert, who bangs home! A serious celebration follows, the kind of mass bundle that is why we all want to be footballers.
82 min Suttner finds some space and flips a ball into the box ... Baines bundles into the Murray and sees it away. Brighton claim a penalty, but this time the ref’s call not to award one is fair.
79 min Both sides are looking for a winner here, and Rooney finds Schneiderlin, who crosses. The ball is half-cleared, but only as far as Sigurdsson ... who can’t get to the ball because Gorss is pulling him back. That’s suuuuuch a penalty, and Michael Oliver is looking right at it too, but for reasons known best to himself he doesn’t bother awarding one.
78 min Izquierdo has livened things up a bit.
76 min Brighton win a corner down the right and when the ball finds its way back to Knockeart, he crosses again to the back post. Dunk then heads towards the front and Knockaert, who’s continued his run, opens his body and from a narrow angle thuds a left-footer goalwards, only for Keane to block superbly.
74 min Rooney finds space on the right and crosses well, Calvert-Lewin taking it down well at the back post. But as the ball drops he’s got to swivel and shoot, doing both well, only he can’t impart the power necessary to seriously trouble Ryan. Phil Neville reckons he should’ve scored; Danel Harris reckons he did well with what he had.
74 min Duffy can’t continue, so Huenemeier replaces him, and at the same time, Izquierdo comes on for March.
73 min Everton fans are singing this. Swings and roundabouts.
72 min Duffy is down with what looks like a groin situation.
71 min Brighton flow forward through Kncokaert, Propper and Murray, but Murray then seeks Gross inside the box and can only find Jagielka.
71 min Everton are the opposite of good.
69 min Niasse replaces Gueye, so Sigurdsson goes into midfield - with Rooney I think - and Niasse is up front.
68 min Sigurdsson takes it - search me - and curls wide of the near post.