Everton, playing with 10 men, collapsed within eight minutes of the second half, throwing away a 1-0 lead on the hour mark and losing 2-1 to Bournemouth, extending their home winless run to six games.
David Moyes’ side took the lead through Iliman Ndiaye’s penalty in the first half, but a combination of poor finishing and poor defending forced Bournemouth back.
Everton should have been out of sight as Tierno Barry missed two big chances after Djordje Petrovic spilled James Garner’s free-kick onto the track. And after half-time, Barry had a close-range shot well blocked by Alex Jimenez, but the Everton striker still should have scored.
Bournemouth’s equalizer was scored by Ryan, but Everton were made to pay for it after conceding a penalty for a clumsy foul on Jarrad Branthwaite. He latched onto Adrian Truffert’s deft cross and slotted home at the far post.
It was Ryan’s third goal involvement in three games since being signed as Antoine Semenyo’s replacement, following his goal and assist at Wolves last weekend against Aston Villa.
Rayan has scored two goals and provided two assists in three games since being signed to replace Antoine Semenyo.
Two minutes later Bournemouth turned things around with a header from James Hill, who had made two excellent blocks from Barry and Keenan Dewsbury-Hall early in the second period, and Amin Adli headed into the empty goal.
A VAR check showed that substitute Enes Unal was involved in the attack from an offside position, but the referee stuck to the on-field referee’s decision.
Things got even worse for Everton five minutes later when Adli ran into goal and Jake O’Brien brought him down. Despite being far from goal, referee Andy Madrid brandished a red card for being the last defender.
Jake O’Brien’s red card is Everton’s fourth of the season
Everton continued to fight despite the personnel disadvantage, but Beto and Branthwaite, who replaced Barry, were unable to convert a header from inside the box.
Everton were booed by the home fans at full-time. They had a great chance of finishing in the top six and could stay ahead of Liverpool for at least 24 hours. But instead, it’s Bournemouth who are level on points.
Despite making a comeback, Iraora is still not satisfied:
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola:
“Three important points. We haven’t played as well as we have in recent games but this is a game to win. “In the game against Aston Villa we were much better than today and we got the one point there.
“It would have been very difficult to lose 2-0 with so little to go, but we overcame that moment and played a little bit better from the subs.
“The message at half-time was to keep the ball more. We didn’t have the urgency we needed to play and were satisfied with 0-0. We can’t be like this. We have to go against them, demand the ball, show character and make things happen.”
“We have improved a lot. In the last minutes I didn’t like them because they didn’t need as much to risk. They take free-kicks and Pickfords all direct. But I wasn’t as happy as in recent games.”
Spikey Moyes has given almost nothing.
Everton head coach David Moyes:
“To be honest, I’m not ready to judge. I’ll look back in a few days and see how it went. I could have won, but I didn’t. I’ll look back.”
“They put some balls into the box and we couldn’t deal with them. We should have done better.
On Bournemouth’s winning goal and possible offside: “I think it would be wrong for me to question the referee’s decision at this point.
“The players here are doing a great job. They’re doing a great job. Sometimes they don’t get it right, but we’re playing a good team and we’re not going to let it be easy.”
