Seamus Coleman spared Everton's blushes on Saturday afternoon at Goodison Park, ashis late header snatched a point against Swansea City in a dramatic 1-1 draw.
Gylfi Sigurdsson's first half penalty had looked enough to earn Bob Bradley his first win as Swansea boss, but Coleman's late intervention maintained the Toffees' unbeaten home form at the death to break the away side's hearts.
The result means Bradley's search for a first win in charge of Swansea goes on, while managerial counterpart Ronald Koeman will be mightily relieved to see his side grab a share of the spoils after another average team performance.
Despite both sides being desperate for points after suffering defeat in their last outings, opportunities were at a premium early on, with Romelu Lukaku and Leroy Fer only fashioning half-chances inside the opening 20 minutes.
It was the away side who then began to exert themselves on proceedings, with Sigurdsson seeing a fiercely struck free kick tipped over the bar by Stekelenburg before Jordi Amat glanced the Iceland international's corner wide of the upright moments later.
Everton, in contrast, were labouring in all areas of the pitch and looked short of confidence following their pummelling by Chelsea two weeks ago.
Lukaku contrived to turn a fizzing Yannick Bolasie cross over the bar before Ross Barkley scuffed an effort wide from another centre by the Congolose winger as the hosts went in search of an unlikely lead, but to have netted either gilt-edge opportunity would have been harsh on the impressive visitors.
On 40 minutes, however, the match burst into life. Barkley saw a curling low free kick smothered at the second attempt by Lukasz Fabianski and, from the following Swansea attack, the away outfit took the lead.
Sigurdsson worked his way into the box past the lethargic Jagielka and, after the makeshift forward had duked past Baines as well, was brought down by the centre back - a move that left referee Martin Atkinson no choice but to point to the spot. Sigurdsson duly dusted himself down and fired home to Stekelenburg's left from 12 yards.
6 - Gylfi Sigurdsson has been directly involved in six of Swansea's 11 goals in the PL this season (3 goals, 3 assists). Pivotal.
The Blues almost rallied immediately to level proceedings on the stroke of half time, but Fabianski was equal to Bolasie's sidefooted effort after Lukaku had played his team-mate in with a sumptuous through ball.
Bolasie saw a header held by Fabianski from a stood up cross to the back post from Seamus Coleman as Everton began the second half in earnest but, thanks in part to a lack of end product, the Blues were toiling in the final third for the most part.
Evertonian pressure was beginning to tell all the same, however. Baines fired a free kick into the Swansea wall from a good position, Lukaku saw a shot blocked and James McCarthy arrowed a low effort wide.
Swansea, for their part, still posed a threat - Jay Fulton sending a header wide from a typically exquisite Sigurdsson delivery - but it was an increasingly rare chance as Everton upped the ante.
The pressure was now relentless on Swansea's goal, but it was Sigurdsson should have wrapped up the points late on after being sent through on goal. The playmaker, though was thwarted by Stekelenburg at his near post.
The 26-year-old's miss was to prove pivotal too as, with one minute of the 90 remaining, Coleman leapt highest in the area to arc a header over the despairing Fabianski to snatch an unlikely point for the hosts.
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