The hosts raced into a seventh-minute lead when Vitaliy Mykolenko scored just his second goal for the club before Lewis Dunk’s sublime volley from Pascal Gross’ free-kick was ruled offside by VAR Michael Oliver (14).

However, with six minutes of normal time remaining, Kaoru Mitoma’s cross deflected off the unfortunate Young and looped over Jordan Pickford, allowing Brighton to turn their possession dominance into a late draw.

As a result, Brighton moves up to sixth place in the Premier League standings, but they have now lost five straight games. Everton remains in 15th place.

We were the superior team for the entire 90 minutes, according to Gross. We tried to play active football. We came here to play football. They started playing with the intention of winning. We approached the game differently. The boys’ perseverance makes me proud.

Everton frustrated by cruel late blow

Roberto De Zerbi failed to win any of his opening five games after taking over from Graham Potter just over a year ago, and while he has now repeated that inauspicious start to his time in England, the manner of his side’s late draw will fill him with satisfaction. In truth, it was a final outcome that was merited.

The blue half of Merseyside is experiencing a much-needed upswing in optimism, and for Everton, things are finally starting to click in what is likely to be the final full season of Goodison Park.

The fact that Everton was disappointed with a draw against a team that finished sixth in the previous season speaks volumes about how attitudes have shifted in recent weeks. However, in the high-stakes world of the Premier League, the Merseysiders are still on the rise, and Brighton manager De Zerbi is still attempting to figure out why his team is unable to convert possession into points.

After the Seagulls’ most recent top-flight victory on September 24, they moved up to third place in the standings with 15 points; the same weekend, Everton won their first game and gained four points to climb out of the bottom three.