Eto'o salvages a point for the Toffees

                    Krasnodar 1-1 Everton

Roberto Martinez's side were second best for much of their Europa League tie in Russia but the Cameroonian striker came up with the goods late in the game to share the spoils.

Everton struck back through Samuel Eto'o to secure a 1-1 draw with Krasnodar in the Europa league group stage.

Roberto Martinez's men fell behind just before half-time when Phil Jagielka flubbed an attempted clearance straight into the path of Ari, who finished decisively past goalkeeper Tim Howard.

Despite being second best through much of the game, however, the Toffees got back into it with less than 10 minutes to go when Eto'o took advantage of a poorly defended cross to bundle home at the far post.

The draw moves Everton onto four points, while Krasnodar, who also led against Lille, are left to reflect on another missed opportunity ahead of meetings with Wolfsburg.

Krasnodar started the game brightly and went close to opening the scoring in the 17th minute when Marat Izmailov's low drive from the edge of the area forced Howard into a strong save.

Izamilov then brought the American shot-stopper into action again as the hosts dominated the early stages without being troubled defensively by Martinez's men.

Everton finally did threaten the Krasnodar goal in the 22nd minute. Aiden McGeady - a player with experience of Russia, having spent time at Spartak Moscow - saw an effort turned round the post by former team-mate and veteran keeper Andriy Dykan, who soon produced another stop to keep out Gareth Barry's curling strike.

John Stones was the next to waste a good opportunity by heading a McGeady cross wide and the visitors were punished for their profligacy by Ari in the 43rd minute, the 28-year-old firing a volley beyond Howard after Mauricio Pereyra had flicked Odil Ahmedov's clever lofted ball into his path.

Striker Romelu Lukaku was brought on for Christian Atsu after the half-time interval but his introduction failed to produce an immediate impact.

Instead it was Krasnodar who almost added a second, substitute Wanderson jinking his way into the box before clipping a shot against the crossbar.
Unsurprisingly Oleg Kononov's men began to sit deeper in the closing stages as Krasnodar sought to protect their slender advantage.
But they could not see out what would have been a famous victory, Eto'o displaying his considerable prowess in front of goal to turn home Leighton Baines's right-wing cross and rescue a share of the spoils.