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Another game to show off the concertinaed qualities of this seasonâ€s Premier League. If anyone can beat anyone, they can also play out landlocked contests like this. It took a deflection to win it, Jack Grealishâ€s shot smashing off Bafodé Diakitéâ€s shins and into the corner. Two clubs from the mid-table blob that stretches from seventh to 15th fought and ran hard, effort never in short supply. The same could not be said of quality, entertainment and chance creation.

For Bournemouth winless in November, losing from a two-goal winning position at Sunderland was a low point in a season that began with high promise. Such concerns continued, the former flavour of the month is fading. Inconsistencies that denied the team European qualification last season have returned. Everton followers might sympathise, last Mondayâ€s Old Trafford win followed by disaster against Newcastle. Winning at a stadium where they had never won a Premier League game after being the better team in the second half sets them up far better for the festive grind that awaits both teams.

Evertonâ€s thin squad, soon to be without Idrissa Gana Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye for AfCon duty, were missing the former from midfield through suspension, and Michael Keane from defence. With Jake Oâ€Brien moved to centre-back, James Garner was emergency right-back.

In this season of set-piece dominance, fielding the maverick tendencies of Charly Alcaraz alongside Grealish, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Ndiaye, evidenced David Moyes†return to School of Science values, Evertonâ€s manager always proudly anti-fashion. With Alex Scott pulling strings in Bournemouthâ€s midfield, the promise of a football contest rather than modish rugby-esque fare.

It represented no guarantee of excitement. A turgid first half followed. And Evertonâ€s first glimpse of goal still came from Vitaliy Mykolenkoâ€s long throw. The visitors dominated possession early on, Bournemouth unusually passive. Andoni Iraola had made four changes from Sunderland, and his unfamiliar teamâ€s first chance also came from a set piece, Antoine Semenyo forcing a save from Jordan Pickford.

Jack Grealishâ€s deflected shot settled the match. Photograph: Sean Ryan/IPS/Shutterstock

A chilly evening air, the Vitality strangely devoid of crowd noise, was filled with the sounds of Iraola and Moyesâ€s exhortations; Alcaraz in particular had his manager on his case, the Argentinian asked to chase every last cause. Semenyo, on the left, with Adrien Truffert overlapping beyond him, pushed at the perceived weakness of Garner to little avail while Grealish drifted centrally in search of involvement.

Evertonâ€s most sustained danger came from a series of corners, the ball twice rebounding from a post amid six-yard box melees. All very messy and Garnerâ€s hoik into the Dorset skies was fully in keeping with a half that ended Junior Kroupi being ruled offside when he had the ball in the net.

The set-piece salvos continued beyond the break. Evertonâ€s Thierno Barry, barrelling through, never quite in control, was sent away to notch his first shot on target of the season; it was still unconvincing. If Everton seemed likelier, they continued to be scrappy, with Grealish, his form lately slumped, struggling to recreate his inspirational early appearances. Barryâ€s wild thrash of a Garner pass into the car park was met with affectionate cheers from away fans who appreciate the strikerâ€s endeavour if not his precision.

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Iraola had removed the ineffective Kroupi and Amine Adli, for senior replacements in Evanilson and Marcus Tavernier and a measure of improvement resulted, with Veljko Milosavljevic, the teenage defensive tower, nodding over.

The contest at long last opening up granted Everton their chance to counter. Grealish, after Alcaraz had followed his managerâ€s instructions to hunt down loose balls, was aiming for the opposite post and Djordje Petrovic was left helpless, fine margins and fortune seizing the three points.

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Referee Michael Salisbury had only just blown the full-time whistle to confirm Everton’s dramatic late win over Crystal Palace when the Toffees updated the bio on their X account.

Underneath the club’s famous badge appeared three words: Grealish for England., external

It is almost a year since Jack Grealish last wore a Three Lions shirt in a 3-1 Nations League win over Finland in Helsinki under interim manager Lee Carsley.

And it will be while longer before the 30-year-old gets the chance to represent his country again after being left out of Thomas Tuchel’s latest squad for a friendly against Wales next Thursday, followed by a World Cup qualifier in Latvia on 14 October.

But one thing remains crystal clear: Grealish is doing everything he can to force his way into Tuchel’s plans for next summer’s World Cup.

After providing four assists in his first six Premier League appearances for Everton, Grealish scored the 93rd-minute winner to seal his team’s comeback victory after Dean Henderson had denied Beto from point-blank range.

Timed at 92 minutes and 21 seconds, it was Everton’s latest home Premier League winning goal since March 2022 against Newcastle – 98 minutes and 20 seconds.

“Do you know what’s mad?” said Grealish, speaking to Sky Sports after the game.

“The last games we’ve played here we’ve been drawing and I’ve said to myself in the 85th minute, ‘come on Jack, go and score. Imagine if you scored now’.

“I said it against Aston Villa, and I didn’t score. I said it against West Ham and I didn’t score.

“Today, I actually said the same thing again and I scored. I ran to where my mum and dad were, so it was nice.”

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