Everton still have some fight left.
Only time will tell what happens and the fixture list for the next two weeks is troublesome at best, terrifying at worst. But in a game in which defeat could have proved fatal to the club’s precious Premier League status Everton did what they have failed to do so often and overcame adversity.
The loss of the club captain after a sickening collision, the concession of a lead, soft goals and individual and collective mistakes - this trip to Leicester City had all the ingredients of another Everton collapse. Instead the side rallied. And in the final minutes it was James Maddison flinging himself in desperation to stop Idrissa Gueye from bursting forward, Victor Kristiansen felling Nathan Patterson as he threatened to surge beyond him and Daniel Iversen producing a stunning save to prevent what would have been a stunning Abdoulaye Doucoure winner.
