Everton were booed off by their own fans after they were deservedly held to a 0-0 draw by Brentford, who played more than half of the game with 10 players.
The Toffees had 24 shots against the Bees, who had previously lost all five of their away league games this season, but just five on target and only tested Mark Flekken through Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s fifth-minute flick.
The best chance of the game fell to the visitors, when Mathias Jensen played Yoane Wissa through before half-time, with a sprawling Jordan Pickford denying him the opener.
That came moments before Christian Norgaard’s red card, which was only awarded after referee Chris Kavanagh was alerted to a high foot by the Brentford captain on Pickford when sliding in for a shot.
Kavanagh took only a few seconds to consult the VAR review monitor before sending off the Denmark international, who had previously never seen red for the Bees.
Everton failed to take advantage of their numerical superiority and toiled after the break without forcing Flekken into another save of note.
Vitaliy Mykolenko blazed over a fine opportunity from Ilman Ndiaye’s lay-off in a rare chance of note, and even the introduction of Beto to partner Calvert-Lewin made little difference.
At the end of the Toffees’ third consecutive game without scoring, the Goodison Park faithful made their feelings known to Sean Dyche and his side, who have still won only two of their 12 games this season.
More to follow.
