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Everton 1 Spurs 1 (Calvert-Lewin)  Harrison backs into Vicario but makes minimal contact at the corner, Vicario has to leap over him and tips the ball to Tarkowski beyond the back post. The centre-half nods it back across the six-yard box and DCL heads it in. Vicario goes garrity but VAR says the goal should stand. 

Everton are servicing their wingers well but neither Young nor McNeil have found their crossing range, overhitting most of them even when Calvert-Lewin splits to the near post. 

Pickford tells the crowd to hush after it betrays its anxiety when he takes a risk to turn Richarlison outside the area and clear. 

Corner on the right for Everton, Harrison backs into the keeper and blocks him but Calvert-Lewin can’t make anything of the cross and block, falling over in the process. 

Van de Ven shows his extraordinary pace to sprint back and complete a well-judged sliding tackle on Calvert-Lewin who has been sent down the inside-left by Gueye’s astute pass. But he was offside, too, robbing the tackle of significance. 

Udogie is having Godfrey on toast. Dyche has two orthodox right-backs on the bench plus Young. Why play a centre-half against arguably Werner and Udogie?

Gueye chips from right to left to send Mykolenko in round the back on the left and he pulls a cross over to the back post for McNeil. His goalbound shot hits Harrison and dribbles wide. But Mykolenko was offside anyway and spares Harrison’s blushes.  

The last time James Maddison played at Goodison Park he ran the game for Leicester City in a comfortable away win. You could put a stopwatch on the first feisty challenge on him today. It was 61 seconds, Idrissa Gueye dragging him to the ground off the ball - unnoticed by referee Michael Oliver.

Well worked goal by Spurs - shocking defending down their right side by Everton.  Richarlison almost forgot where he was before apologising rather than celebrating. Think Ben Godfrey should have been the one saying sorry to the Everton fans.

Everton corner earned by Young’s tenacity in a rare outing these days as an out and out winger. Everton are sandwiching Vicario to try to catch him out as City did in the Cup last week and whipping corners under the crossbar. He catches it again and is fouled in the process. Looks like he’s been working on it. 

Huge yell from the crowd as Bentancur and Hojbjerg combine to bring down McNeil. They wanted a foul for Johnson stepping across Garner but it was nothing. 

Spme alert sweeper-keepering from Pickford saves Everton from a quick ball upfield from Vicario after he dealt solidly with a corner and his swift release almost caught Everton’s defence upfield. 

Maddison goes deep from the corner and, after some pinball, Hojbjerg goes for a sidewinder volley but the ball bounces too high to get over it and he slices it miles over the bar. 

Godfrey can’t handle Udogie who manipulates him out of position to make space for Maddison to drift across to the left and shoot from the left of the D. His shot cannons into Tarkowski and bobbles wide for a corner. 

Tarkowski is hacked off that he didn’t geta  shoutr and let Richarlison go. But, as Ally McCoist says, he had tro deal with it himself. Everton go straight up the other end from the kick-off and whip over a menacing right-foot cross thatr curls out. Calvert-Lewin makes the perfect run and leap but steers it over from 12 yards. He should have scored!

Everton 0 Spurs 1 (Richarlison) No celebration from the former Everton man. Very good move involving a one-two between Hojbjerg and Udogie down the left that puts the left-back in behind Godfrey to cut back a cross that Richarlison buries on the volley. Brilliant finish. He lost the defender by not moving, standing still when his marker retreated.

Everton kick-off and work it back to Pickford who launches an attack up the right that comes back to him for another go. It is 4-4-1-1 from Everton. 

Everton in royal blue and white, Spurs in far from imperial beige. 

The teams are in the tunnel.

The way the club announced it looks like 4-4-1-1 but woul 3-4-3 work for them with Ashley Young and Vitalii Mykolenko pushing on and Dwight McNeil and Jack Harrison dovetailingg either side of Dominic Calvert-Lewin? Probably not. They treied to match Spurs at the start of what turned into a 2-1 away defeat on Dec 23 and played very well, probably deserving a point. 

Everton manager Sean Dyche could not afford to lose any players in the transfer window but a balance needed to be struck to help the club continue to work on getting back on an even financial keel.

Defender Mason Holgate had his loan at Southampton cancelled so he could join Sheffield United until the end of the season as it was a deal which was “very favourable” for the Toffees.

But with no incomings expected or arriving Dyche was keen to ensure his small squad, which is significantly impacted by injury, did not get any smaller.

The club’s appeal against the 10-point deduction for breaching profit and sustainability has been heard this week, but with another charge pending, managing the money has become an almost daily occurrence with prospective new owners 777 Partners reportedly loaning the club another £30 million to take their investment in the club to £180 million.

It is why terminating the loan of Holgate, who made just seven appearances for the Saints, and reloaning him out for another fee made sense, with Dyche explaining: “It’s a very favourable deal for this football club.”

On the field the focus has to be on regaining the momentum lost as Everton are without a league win since mid-December, having taken just two points from a possible 15 since earning 15 from 18 in the month previously.

That has shown up the side’s lack of goal threat – striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin heads into the visit of Tottenham on a run of 16 games without scoring – despite them creating a lot of chances.

They currently average 14 shots per match, the seventh highest in the division, but have scored only 24 times from an expected goals figure of 33.1, which is the top flight’s biggest underperformance.

Everton: Pickford, Godfrey, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Young, Gueye, Garner, McNeil, Harrison, Calvert-Lewin. Subs: Patterson, Keane, Virginia, Beto, Coleman, Chermiti, Hunt, Dobbin, Metcalfe. 

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Johnson, Maddison, Werner, Richarlison. Subs: Skipp, Dragusin, Gil Salvatierra, Emerson, Forster, Kulusevski, Sarr, Davies, Scarlett. 

Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

Good morning and welcome to live action from Goodison Park as Everton host Tottenham.

Richarlison made it seven goals in as many Premier League matches with the crucial third for Spurs in Wednesday’s 3-2 win over Brentford and Ange Postecoglou feels there is even more to come from the in-form Brazilian.

Spurs have been without captain Heung-min Son for the last month due to his Asian Cup commitments, but the Brazil international has filled the void and started to repay his £60 million price tag following a difficult debut campaign.

Ahead of today’s match, Postecoglou said: “For me, it’s about trying to get players to fulfil their potential and with Richy, I still think there is growth there. If he keeps growing, well we the football club will be the beneficiaries of it.”

Spurs were one of the most active clubs in the winter window, signing Radu Dragusin during the first half of January, in a deal that could rise to £25 million, and bringing in Timo Werner on loan.

The Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules contributed towards a largely drama-free deadline day, which was overshadowed by news that seven-time Formula One champion Hamilton would join Ferrari from 2025.

Tottenham also sent young prospects Ash Phillips and Alfie Devine to Plymouth, while Alejo Veliz completed a loan switch to Sevilla on deadline day.

Spurs were able to move towards one important deal on Thursday after they convinced Swedish teenager Lucas Bergvall to join the club over Barcelona.

Bergvall had been set to sign for Barca, but the 18-year-old has now agreed to put pen to paper on a long-term deal at Tottenham with the transfer set to be finalised in the coming days.

Postecoglou would not be drawn on the midfielder, although did admit Spurs’ academy is an area where they must improve.

“I think we’ve got a lot of work to do in our academy and (academy director) Simon Davies is certainly one that is putting a lot of emphasis and priority there,” he said.

“I don’t think we have the production line other top clubs have, certainly not. Even currently that’s why we’re investing in some younger players, even for the first team. For us as a football club that’s definitely the way forward.”