Lennon scores against former club Spurs as Everton draw

With Spurs clearly stunned, the Toffees attempted to seize the initiative, though the pendulum did keep swinging. Left back Ben Davies cannoned the crossbar with a long range effort and was unlucky not equalise, while Arona Kone’s burst through the hosts’ defence was halted due to being offside.

Then on the stroke of half time, Dele Alli connected with a sumptuous ball from Toby Alderwiereld as Spurs changed tack, with the midfielder controlling with his chest before striking past Howard, leaving Seamus Coleman and John Stones wondering how he had found a way through.

Exciting second half

The subsequent 45 minutes threw up plenty of entertainment, with the second period played at breakneck pace, as both sides went close to taking the lead.

Erik Lamela was proving a constant handful and combined well with Alli and Kane, with the latter firing just over the bar.

Muhamed Besic, meanwhile, forced a reaction save from Lloris late on with a shot from outside of the area, while Ramiro Funes Mori headed just over from the resulting corner.

In injury time, Lukaku twice went close to winning the match for the Toffees, though in the end the 1-1 result doesn’t paint an accurate picture of how entertaining the game was.

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