Everton 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Demarai Gray salvages Toffees point

The Toffees' winless start to the season continued as they were held to a late point by Forest at Goodison Park.

Brennan Johnson looked to have scored a winner for the visitors that would have condemned them to a third defeat in their opening three games for the first time in the premier league

Not since 1990 have the Toffees had such a poor start, but Gray's 88th-minute leveller ensured that didn't happen.

Johnson scored after Jordan Pickford palmed out Ryan Yates' attempt from range.

Toffees toil in attack

With the business end of the transfer window just around the corner, we can expect to see a lot of new faces in attack in order to avoid another battle for survival.

Salomon Rondon is the only centre forward on the team.

Anthony Gordon was moved to the flank to use Rondon as a focal point in the attack.

The experienced forward turned his marker and fired wide in the second half, but it was Gray who looked most dangerous, as he delivered a series of inviting free-kicks in the first half.

Midfielder Tom Davies latched on to one of Gray's deliveries, but only with his heels after escaping at the back post and miscuing a golden opportunity for the visitors to break the deadlock early on.

The player had to do it himself to stop the team from replicating the 1990 team.

Gray found himself through one-on-one from Pickford's long kick and rolled a composed finish beyond Dean Henderson to earn his side's first point of the season, one that was greeted with a ferocious sense of relief by the home fans.

Forest make impressive return

Back in the top flight after a 23 year absence, it is a season of notable moments forNottingham Forest and they were on the verge of a first away win in the top flight since 1999 until it was snatched away on Merseyside.

The last time these sides met in the premier league, Steve Cooper was a player with Wrexham and Ron Atkinson was the Forest manager.

After spending most of his playing days at Bangor City, Cooper switched to coaching at the age of 27 and is expected to stay in the top division.

One of those to have come in was Neco Williams, who looked dangerous on the right, while Taiwo Awoniyi failed to take advantage of the mistake made by James Tarkowski.

It was one of Forest's youngsters who stole the show as Johnson found the bottom corner with nine minutes to go.

Four points from their first three games is a good start for Cooper's team.

There's more to come.

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