Everton needed a late Wayne Rooney penalty to snatch a 1-1 draw at Brighton.
The struggling Toffees were staring at another defeat when Anthony Knockaert fired Brighton ahead eight minutes from time.
But Seagulls captain Bruno was penalised for fouling Dominic Calvert-Lewin with two minutes remaining and Rooney tucked home the equaliser.
However, the goal is unlikely to lift the pressure on Everton manager Ronald Koeman, whose out-of-sorts side are still without an away win since January.
The under-fire Dutchman's latest bid to solve their goalscoring problems saw him select Rooney in attack, but until the penalty the former England captain had barely had a shot in anger.
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Everton
