Marco Silva had shown respect but no mercy to the club that sacked him in 2019 when returning to Goodison Park with Fulham, beating Everton every time. Victory number four was in hand, and deservedly so, when the head of Beto left the Fulham manager cursing the fickle fates of football.
The Everton substitute’s 94th-minute header salvaged a point for Sean Dyche’s team and extended their unbeaten run to five matches. It was larceny. Fulham were superior until stoppage time, controlling the play and their opponent throughout. Like his manager, Alex Iwobi looked set to haunt his former club having scored an excellent goal engineered by Emile Smith Rowe. The visitors’ only concern was not adding to it.
