Keane stunner snatches late Everton draw to deny Spurs after two red cards

Antonio Conte branded Tottenham’s players selfish after they squandered a precious away lead in his final game in charge before the international break. The criticism may have stung Spurs but they did not learn their lesson. The 10 men of Everton salvaged a precious point in their bid to avoid the drop courtesy of Michael Keane’s stunning 90th-minute equaliser.

A Harry Kane penalty, minutes after Abdoulaye Doucouré had invited a straight red card for foolishly raising his hand to the England captain’s face, looked to have given Cristian Stellini victory in his first outing as Spurs’ acting head coach following Conte’s dismissal. Lucas Moura then evened up the numbers by seeing red for a dreadful foul on Keane and, two minutes later, with Everton staring at a defeat that would have left them in the relegation zone, the recalled defender let fly with a 25-yard drive that flew beyond Hugo Lloris to rescue a merited point for Sean Dyche’s team.

Evertonians again marched in protest against the board of directors before kick-off, their concerns over how badly the club is run heightened by the grim warning in the latest accounts that Everton’s viability as a “going concern” will be in doubt in the event of relegation. Calls from the away section for Daniel Levy to depart as Spurs’ chairman showed discontent is not confined to clubs fighting for Premier League survival. And Dyche’s team displayed plenty of it.

The game started at a frenetic pace with the home side pressing tirelessly and taking the game to Tottenham for the majority of the first half. It was a little too frenetic at times, with Everton lacking the finesse to turn sustained pressure into clear opportunities, but there could be no faulting the effort or