Everton’s pain has been to Luton’s gain. There was still a desperate need to start winning and after a hard-fought lead had been surrendered in seconds, Rob Edwards, their manager, looked to the Bedfordshire skies in desolation. Teden Mengi’s goal had blown the roof off but the celebrations were barely finished when Michael Olise scored a brilliant equaliser. In his first start of the season, with a goal that was all his own work, Olise had franked his reputation as one of English football’s prime talents. “I felt flat,” admitted Edwards.
But there was still plenty of time to locate a winner, for the outstanding Chiedozie Ogbene to find space to ping the ball in. Jacob Brown, a second-half substitute, slid across Joachim Anderson to score and snatch a first ever Premier League home win.
