Everton’s incoming owners know they have a huge short-term call to make on manager Sean Dyche’s future at the club. i understands that the Friedkin Group’s takeover remains “on track” to complete by the middle of December,

Thomas Frank’s side played the entire second-half with 10-men after Christian Norgaard was sent off following a VAR review. However, the closest Sean Dyche’s side came to a breakthrough was when the ball fell to Vitalii Mykolenko a couple of yards out, but the Ukrainian could only fire over.

The voices of disquiet are getting louder at Everton — and the December fixture list looks treacherous. All is not well at Goodison Park