Everton stage late comeback to stun Fulham

A late turnaround helped Everton continue their fine away form with a 2-1 Premier League win at Fulham.

The Toffees’ four-match unbeaten run on the road looked set to end thanks to Vitalii Mykolenko’s unfortunate 18th-minute own goal following a fine initial save by Jordan Pickford.

It would have made ugly viewing for David Moyes, up in the stands due to a touchline ban, but he watched Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall level with 15 minutes left before a corner by the same player was punched into his own net by Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno to consign Marco Silva’s men to a rare home defeat.

Moyes would have had the perfect vantage point for an Everton opener in the early stages, only for Jake O’Brien’s eighth-minute header to smash off the woodwork moments after James Garner had been denied from a free-kick.

Fulham regrouped and Pickford produced a wonderful save to deny Raul Jimenez before O’Brien cleared Sander Berge’s follow-up effort.

O’Brien was required to intercept another dangerous cross soon after before Fulham broke the deadlock in the 18th minute in fortuitous circumstances.

Samuel Chukwueze chipped the ball into the path of Alex Iwobi, who was tackled inside the area, but Ryan Sessegnon found Jimenez and, even though Pickford produced a wonderful stop to deny the Mexican, the loose ball hit team-mate Mykolenko and bounced in.

Pickford, under the watchful eye of England head coach Thomas Tuchel, was furious but had little time to dwell on the goal, with Chukwueze the next to test the Everton keeper.

All the momentum was with Fulham now and, after Emile Smith Rowe struck the crossbar with a brilliant curled effort, Jimenez should have made it 2-0 in the 31st minute but dragged his effort wide after more fine play down the