held to a goalless Premier League draw by Swansea City on
Saturday.
Roberto Martinez's men had managed to find the net in every
league fixture this term before this weekend, but endured a
frustrating 90 minutes against the Spaniard's former club at
Goodison Park.
The Toffees saw clear-cut goalscoring opportunities limited in
the first half despite dominating possession, and could count
themselves lucky not to concede a penalty when Antolin Alcaraz
appeared to handle the ball from a Jonjo Shelvey strike.
Swansea - who picked up their first-ever win over Everton in the
League Cup earlier this season - looked brighter after the break,
but were dealt a blow when Shelvey was given his marching
orders for a second bookable offence with 18 minutes to go.
The hosts failed to test Swans keeper Lukasz Fabianski in the
opening 45 minutes despite creating a number of clear cut
chances while Wilfried Bony spurned the best opportunity for
the visitors.
Toffees winger Aiden McGeady nearly opened the scoring in the
second-half with a curled effort while Gylfi Sigurdsson fired over
for Garry Monk's men.
Then the game sprung to life as Jonjo Shelvey received a red
card in the 72nd minute after picking up his second yellow for a
block on James McCarthy.
Everton pushed for a winner but Romelu Lukaku and Steven
Pienaar both missed chances to secure all three points in injury
time.
Martinez's side stay ninth in the Premier League while Swansea
remain sixth.
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