Demarai Gray hailed Everton’s travelling support and declared “we owe them these type of performances” after the battling draw at Chelsea.
Almost 3,000 Blues made the journey down to west London on Saturday. They were left celebrating at the final whistle after a late Ellis Simms goal secured a point that could be vital to Everton’s hopes of staying in the Premier League.
It was a second consecutive point on the road and another hint the fans who travel in such vast numbers could buy into the Sean Dyche-led survival project.