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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Chris Beesley

Everton get what they deserve after three outrageous moments against Tottenham

Michael Keane went from Everton’s penalty villain to point-saving hero with a spectacular last-minute equaliser to drag his side out of the relegation zone.

Everton have shown they’re up for the fight under Sean Dyche but while the new Blues boss doesn’t mind his charges being up for the battle to stay in the Premier League, Abdoulaye Doucoure overstepped the mark at Goodison Park as his moment of madness tipped what had been a war of attrition in Tottenham Hotspur’s favour.

Although a first win against Spurs in front of fans for over a decade could have taken the hosts up to the relatively dizzying heights of 13th in the ridiculously truncated bottom half of the Premier League table, the point they needed to move out of the bottom three threatened to be thrown away when Doucoure was shown a straight red by referee David Coote on 58 minutes when he clashed with Harry Kane by the touchline and struck his opponent in the face.

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