Everton drew 1-1 at Sunderland on Monday evening to continue their slightly underwhelming run of form in the Premier League. And despite Thierno Barry’s shocking performance, there was another Toffees star who really didn’t cover himself in glory on a cold night in the North East.

Everton travelled to Sunderland on the back of two straight defeats and just one win in their previous six Premier League games, coming via a last-minute winner over Crystal Palace a month ago.

That looked to potentially be changing when Iliman Ndiaye’s outstanding solo effort put the Toffees 1-0 up after 15 minutes, but some missed chances for Thierno Barry came back to haunt them as Granit Xhaka’s equaliser in the opening moments of the second half drew them level.

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However, despite the Frenchman’s failures in front of goal, he still wasn’t Everton’s worst player on the night, with Vitaliy Mykolenko really struggling out at left-back against Bertrand Traore.

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Barry missed his golden opportunity from a Jack Grealish cross, and was later booked in retaliation for a foul on Sunderland midfielder Noah Sadiki. But despite the striker being hooked...