Everton grabbed a late equaliser to rescue a point after a lacklustre performance against Fulham.
Alex Iwobi opened the scoring against his former side after a brilliant run from Emile Smith Rowe.
Deep into stoppage time, Everton equalised when Beto headed home to save the day.
Sean Dyche will be delighted that his side came away with something after such a poor showing.
Marco Silva will be pleased with his team's performance but, once again, will be disappointed with the final outcome of the game.
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Story of the match
Everton remained unchanged after their brilliant 2-0 away win against Ipswich.
Fulham made one enforced change with Issa Diop replacing the suspended Joachim Andersen.
Raul Jimenez had the first chance of the game after Kenny Tete’s lofted ball found him at the back post, but the forward's effort was tame.
Everton almost gifted Fulham an opportunity when Adama Traore blocked Vitalii Mykolenko’s clearance, but Emile Smith Rowe’s heavy touch let the Toffees off.
The home side's poor start to the game should have been punished when Mykolenko once again gave the ball away in a dangerous area. Andreas Pereira played Traore in on goal, with Jordan Pickford’s save falling straight back to the away side. Jimenez’s knockdown found Smith Rowe, who blazed over a huge let-off for Everton.
After dominating the game, Fulham had the ball in the back of their net when Idrissa Gueye’s strike rattled off the crossbar, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin putting home the rebound. The striker had strayed offside, which was a massive let-off for the Cottagers.
Everton woke up in the game as Jack Harrison’s ball found Calvert-Lewin at the back post, but Sander Berge put the forward's header out for a corner.
Fulham finally opened the scoring after dominating the game. Smith Rowe picked up the ball in his own half and took on the Everton team, weaving his way through and laying the ball off to Iwobi, who nestled the ball into the corner of the net against his old club.
The away side looked a real threat going forward, and the Toffees looked weak in possession when Antonee Robinson was allowed to put a cross into the box that Pickford dealt with well.
Substitute Reiss Nelson picked up the ball on the left-hand side and whipped a ball to the back post with goal scorer Iwobi's ball across the box taken off Smith Rowe’s toe by Abdoulaye Doucoure.
Fulham broke on the counter again with Iwobi charging at the Everton defence with the ball finding its way to Smith Rowe, whose shot went straight into Micheal Keane’s face with the ball falling to Jimenez, who was unable to hit the target.
Everton threatened the Fulham goal for the first time in the second half, but Bernd Leno easily saved Jesper Lindstrom’s effort.
Jarrad Branthwaite made his return to action to lift Everton's spirits as he replaced the injured Dwight McNeil.
Against the run of play, Everton got the equaliser; the home side threw men forward to finish the game with an Iliman Ndiaye cross coming to Ashley Young at the back post with his ball across and headed home by Beto.
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Player of the match: Alex Iwobi
On his return to his former club, Iwobi ran the show, causing Everton all sorts of problems.
The Nigerian international showed his versatility playing across the midfield, looking brilliant wherever he was on the pitch.
Fulham dominated the game, and the midfielder was a huge reason for that as he seemed to always pick up the loose ball, and his ability on the ball always gave them an option
Iwobi topped off a brilliant performance when he scored Fulham’s only goal with a lovely finish into the bottom corner past a helpless Pickford.
