EVERTON SCORED IN the final minutes to claim a 2-2 draw with Leicester City as Darron Gibson came off the bench as a second-half substitute.
Two errors from Tim Howard were punished as Leicester responded to Steven Naismith’s opener with goals from David Nugent and Esteban Cambiasso.
The top-flight’s bottom side looked set to climb within two points of safety as a result, only to suffer late heartbreak as Romelu Lukaku’s diving header deflected into the back of the net via Matthew Upson.
Naismith put Everton in front after 57 minutes with a scuffed finish, but the game then turned on a pair of mistakes from the experienced Howard.
The United States shot-stopper spilled a low cross to gift boyhood Everton fan Nugent a 63rd-minute equaliser and failed to deal with Danny Simpson’s right-wing delivery in the build-up to Cambiasso’s close-range strike seven minutes later.
Lukaku spurned a host of chances for Everton, but the Belgium forward ultimately came good as he met Christian Atsu’s cross and saw his diving header brush off Upson to leave Mark Schwarzer with no chance.
