Seamus Coleman has a habit of creating a stir at Stoke. Last season he scored in a 3-0 win at the Britannia, celebrating becoming a father for the first time in jubilant fashion.
And in his 200th Premier League game he made another telling intervention, albeit with a hint of controversy, as Everton battled back to claim a precious point.
Peter Crouch had claimed the early advantage for Mark Hughes’s side with a straightforward finish after the Everton defence had gone AWOL. But Everton refused to panic in the cauldron-like atmosphere always generated in the Potteries and, having eased their way into the game, Coleman’s shot from the edge of the penalty area took a deflection off Ryan Shawcross and past Lee Grant into the Stoke net.