Everton's draw with Fulham provided reasons for positivity, frustration and anger for Frank Lampard and the travelling Blues fans.
This was a much better display than the toothless performance at Newcastle United and defeat at Tottenham Hotspur - Everton were able to test home keeper Bernd Leno this time and did create chances. It was also another example of the resilience that runs through this side. This was a clean sheet against a free-scoring side in good form, and one that was built on the heroics of Jordan Pickford and the bravery of Vitalii Mykolenko, Conor Coady and James Tarkowski in particular.
But Everton still have issues with creativity, intensity and being able to grasp control of a game - all of which came to the fore on Saturday evening. The astonishing decision not to send Aleksander Mitrovic off for his ugly challenge on Idrissa Gueye is a justified source of anger and had VAR intervened the complexion of the game would have been vastly different.
