Everton continued their momentum from midweek's Merseyside derby drama to eke out a hard-fought win away at Crystal Palace.
Beto fired the Toffees in front before the break, keeping up his much improved goalscoring record of late - only for his strike to be cancelled out by Jean-Philippe Mateta just two minutes into the second half.
With the game on a knife-edge, highly-rated January signing Carlos Alcaraz rose to the occasion with 10 minutes to play, prodding into the net to give Everton the edge on the night and take them level on points with Palace in the Premier League table.