Overview
- Iliman Ndiaye put Everton ahead on 15 minutes with a dazzling solo run and finish widely hailed as a goal-of-the-season contender.
- Thierno Barry squandered a close-range chance to double the lead, with Everton again lamenting wasteful finishing as they remain 14th.
- Granit Xhaka equalised seconds after the restart with a deflected strike off James Tarkowski to register his first goal for Sunderland.
- Sunderland dominated the second half, with Wilson Isidor and Nordi Mukiele missing presentable openings and a handball appeal against Michael Keane waved away.
- Owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus praised Le Bris’s meticulous methods as Sunderland bed in signings such as Bertrand Traoré and turn to a home test against leaders Arsenal.