Struggling Spurs fail to score again as Everton hang on for third straight draw

[p]Despite a heavy outlay in the summer, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Spurs[/a]’ start to the season has not gone to plan, but they set about righting the wrongs in double quick time against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/everton/KluSTr9s/"]Everton[/a].[/p][p]Not even five minutes were on the clock when they squandered their first big chance, as former Liverpool man [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-andrew/6e7Be9VI/"]Andy Robertson[/a] - given a not-so-warm reception by the away fans - curled an inch-perfect free-kick onto the boot of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-hecke-jan-paul/WG59HGIH/"]Jan Paul van Hecke[/a] at the far post, but he could only blaze over.[/p][embed guid="125980a8-a991-4347-9327-abd5078a2bf5" url="https://x.com/Flashscorecom/status/2098839571425353749" social-type="twitter" /][p]Nevertheless, besides that, the opening half-hour was largely a non-event, with both sides struggling to find any sustained periods of momentum. [/p][p]Robertson and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tonali-sandro/fmQVO5TQ/"]Sandro Tonali[/a] had half-chances before half-time to break the deadlock, but neither amounted to anything.[/p][p]That was ultimately in keeping with a drab first half during which neither side mustered a single shot on target until stoppage time, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garner-james/zctP50uI/"]James Garner[/a]’s free-kick was turned around the post by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kinsky-antonin/hv1U4aGj/"]Antonin Kinsky[/a].[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="b0c4eab6-957b-48d7-bf7d-2c80612f942e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="ce01a843-5649-42e6-8fe7-8d2a8f8dc1f2" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Roberto De Zerbi’s men did manage to work [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pickford-jordan/SKTJdUtH/"]Jordan Pickford[/a] two minutes into the second half when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandes-mateus/rFdshPHI/"]Mateus Fernandes[/a] trickled an effort into the England goalkeeper’s hands, which drew ironic cheers from the Spurs fans.[/p][p]The already-hostile atmopshere inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium almost soured further when a half-cleared Everton corner dropped perfectly for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/george-tyrique/QPjr5Otn/"]Tyrique George[/a], only for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bentancur-rodrigo/nLRMnJtJ/"]Rodrigo Bentancur[/a]’s block to keep the scores level.[/p][p]An even bigger opening came and went for David Moyes' men midway through the second period when Spurs shot themselves in the foot.[/p][p]A loose pass from Kinsky was pounced upon by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dewsbury-hall-kiernan/p2OLMO3D/"]Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall[/a], but the Spurs shot-stopper redeemed himself to make a goal-saving block and deny the Everton man.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="fbf95b47-52d8-4df4-b543-3d0a9e26d98b" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="edc68527-1d04-4c16-93dd-21fc065601be" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The big chances were all falling Everton’s way, and former Spurs man [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/johnson-brennan/6XhWIWPP/"]Brennan Johnson[/a] spurned the next one when he skewed wide after Dewsbury-Hall found him unmarked on the edge of the area.[/p][p]Spurs probed for a late winner, and weren’t far away when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergvall-lucas/th3mAHj9/"]Lucas Bergvall[/a]'s effort was turned behind by Pickford, but they ultimately failed to score once more - that means they have started a new league season with four successive scoring blanks for the first time in their history.[/p][p]The Toffees, meanwhile, remain unbeaten in this term's Premier League, although they will want to turn these draws into wins soon.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-hecke-jan-paul/WG59HGIH/"]Jan Paul van Hecke[/a] (Spurs)[/b][/p][image alt="Players of the match" id="1f6283e6-65c4-49a9-8c92-26289cb6e192" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="144706b4-4877-46cb-b64e-eb14f9669b84" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/everton-KluSTr9s/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/summary/stats/?mid=K2LQ0MxS"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]