Published: 19:15, 31 January 2026 | Updated: 19:15, 31 January 2026

Nothing was holding David Moyes back. Arms in the air, fists clenched, the Everton boss charged on to the pitch, unleashed and unrestrained, hardly knowing where to run, where to look, or where to celebrate.

You can have been in this game for as long as Moyes has, nearly three decades now for this 62-year-old, and experienced all those highs and lows, yet moments like this still have the power to turn this gnarly Scot back into a giddy child all over again.

Substitute Beto's equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage time, just moments after coming on, provided the most thrilling and ludicrous ending to a strange contest. The only thing that took the shine off it for Moyes was that he got booked for his celebrations. 

'I'm still shaking my head,' muttered an incredulous Moyes after the game.

Moyes had watched his side hold on for dear life in the first half and rue their own missed chances in the second as Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall fired a shot from close range...