Tottenham were rescued by VAR after Everton's equaliser from Jake O'Brien was disallowed due to an offside on Iliman Ndiaye. The Everton forward seemed to interfere with Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, leading referee Craig Pawson to review the decision at the pitchside monitor. The official concluded that both Ndiaye and Jack Grealish were offside and promptly ruled out the goal, a decision later clarified.

A statement issued by the Premier League Match Centre read: "#EVETOT – 24' VAR OVERTURN After VAR review, the referee overturned the original decision of goal to Everton. Referee announcement: After review, Everton 10 and 18 were in an offside position, interfering with the goalkeeper. The final decision is an in-direct free kick in the six yard box."

Micky van de Ven had earlier put Spurs ahead and scored a second just before half-time from another corner.

Everton began the match stronger, with Grealish coming close within minutes and James Garner narrowly missing a long-range attempt. Bentancur also saw a similar effort go wide between Van de Ven's goals.

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