Everton went into their Wednesday night Carabao Cup clash in Lincoln as strong favourites, despite Marco Silva's side's mediocre start to the 2019-20 Premier League campaign, but the Toffees made hard work of it at Sincil Bank.
In fact, Silva watched on in horror as Harry Anderson had blasted by Jordan Pickford with less than a minute on the clock, all in the knowledge that he had fielded a strong, experienced team, with Morgan Schneiderlin and Fabian Delph protecting the back four.
An admittedly superb free-kick from Lucas Digne got Everton back in the game before half-time, but the visitors went in at the break looking well matched rather than an imposing top-tier squad that has spent a significant amount in recent transfer windows.