Everton 2-2 Tottenham

US international striker Joe-Max Moore maintained Everton's unbeaten home record by scoring an injury time equaliser.

Kevin Campbell had put the home side ahead after 22 minutes, but Chris Armstrong equalised immediately and David Ginola stunned the home fans after 28 minutes.

Substitute Max-Moore was introduced as Everton ran out of ideas, and smartly took the one chance on offer to score his first goal in English football.

Moore has 78 intenational caps, but the USA management have decided to allow him to stay with Everton despite the forthcoming Gold Cup.

Manager Walter Smith signed Moore on the advice of veteran defender Richard Gough, who spotted the striker while playing in the US last year.

Everton had started the match in style, with England hopeful Francis Jeffers firing wide in the presence of national coach Kevin Keegan.

David Unsworth also put a 25 yard effort past the post as the Blues went close three times in the first five minutes.

Then came one of the comic moments of the season, as a dog entered the fray.

It spent two minutes on the pitch evading desperate Goodison's stewards, before presumably answering to a command of "sit!" behind one of the goals.

When the game got going John Collins saw a shot fly well wide and Unsworth's free-kick was deflected for a corner.

And the home pressure told on 23 minutes, when Jeffers' pass released Don Hutchison down the right and his pinpoint cross was headed home by Kevin Campbell from eight yards. Spurs were surprisngly level less than 90 seconds later when Tim Sherwood's free-kick was headed against the post by Sol Campbell.

Armstrong bundled the ball over the line from close range, four minutes before Ginola's cross was deflected into the net by Dave Watson's outstretched boot.

Spurs were galvanised and could easily have had a third a minute before the break.

Sherwood's pass set up Steffan Iversen, but Paul Gerrard dived bravely at the Norwegian's feet.

Spurs dug-in after the break and Ginola was substituted in a period when there were more yellow cards than classy moves.

Everton could not find their old spark and Jeffers was replaced by Moore with nine minutes of normal time remaining.

In the first of four injury-time minutes, the substition worked when Mark Pembridge hurled a long throw into the box.

It dropped inside the six-yard box and everybody froze, except Moore, who spun to lash the ball high into the net.

Teams:

Everton: Gerrard, Unsworth, Watson, Dunne, Weir, Pembridge, Hutchison, Collins, Barmby, Jeffers, Campbell. Subs: Ball, Ward, Gemmill, Moore, Simonsen.

Tottenham: Walker, Edinburgh, Perry, Campbell, Carr, Ginola, Clemence, Sherwood, Anderton, Armstrong, Iversen. Subs: Baardsen, Korsten, Fox, Young, Nielsen.

Referee: A Wiley (Walsall)