Errors, and the response to them were the theme of Hull City's 2-2 draw at home to Everton.
The Toffees’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Thierno Barry committed what could have been costly errors, only to make up for them. Unfortunately for the Tigers, Sorba Thomas got his brilliance and his blunder the wrong way around, but the persistence of his team-mates ensured there was no real harm done.
Everton remain unbeaten, Hull unbowed in this season's Premier League.
Even referee Michael Salisbury and his linesman got in on the act but at the end of a game all the more entertaining for its imperfection, both sides proved how tough they are to knock off their stride.
It took a video review to keep Hull's record of not conceding in the Premier League this season into the 55th minute, but they deserved to go in level at half-time.
Even as the away team, Everton had the lion's share of possession, but that does not faze Sergej Jakirovic's Hull.
It took a while for them to get a foothold, with Konstantinos Tzolakis forced to tip over a fifth minute free-kick awarded when Regan Slater challenged Barry from the wring side. Jack Grealish had a curling shot, but not one that unduly troubled the goalkeeper.
Hull were inviting pressure with the laxness of their passing at times, Joe Gelhardt a particular culprit on his first Premier League start since Leeds United's 5-2 defeat at Brentford just over four years ago. But early in the second half, he made the breakthrough.
Matt Crooks put his team under further pressure when his late tackle on Grealish picked up his fourth booking already of the season. He was furious with himself.
That came just as Hull had got into the game at the other end, Gelhardt's clever touch releasing the midfielder to find Lewie Coyle on the overlap. Hull's captain won a corner they could not use, a Ryan Giles cross shortly after another.
Gelhardt was released down the right in the 22nd minute but his shot was so weak and disappointing as to draw groans from the stands.
Tzolakis, one of the best goalkeepers in the first phase of the Premier League, gave Everton encouragement when he failed to convincingly deal with a 27th-minute corner and although Jarrad Branthwaite made a hash of the loose ball, five minutes later, the Toffees had another chance when the ball was lofted at the goalkeeper.
Challenged by Barry, he punched to Harrison Armstrong, whose shot was blocked by Nobel Mendy. Giles' clearance bounced in off Brennan Johnson.
Salisbury reviewed his decision at the pitchside monitor and wiped the goal off, not for a Barry foul but because Johnson was offside.
The half ended with three good chances passed up, two for Hull.
Oli McBurnie battled for the ball in the 44th minute, releasing the ball for Gelhardt to curl a shot James Tarkowski cleared off the line. Mendy had a free header from the corner that resulted, but could not keep it down.
Barry had as good a chance at the far post in the third added minute but again, could not keep it down.
It was Hull who took the lead through a real mixture of good and bad in the 48th minute.
McBurnie nutmegged Branthwaite, but hit his pass straight at Maitland-Niles, who could not keep it away from Thomas. His reverse pass to Gelhardt was exquisite and the forward rolled the ball inside the far post, seemingly in slow motion.
The Everton quickly made up for his mistake putting the ball in which Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall headed into the net.
On the back of it, Barry produced an awful moment of centre-forward play, swinging at Garner's pull-back. From two yards out and with Tzolakis out of the picture, he let the ball pass through his legs.
But he too made amends as Everton capitalised on some equally dismal play by Thomas.
The left winger thought it would be a good idea to pass the ball across to right-sided centre-back Semi Ajayi, but Dewsbury-Hall got their first and despite Mendy's best efforts, forced the ball through to Barry to complete the turnaround.
Hull were not done there, though, and their equaliser was born as much out of determination as anything else.
Jakirovic had responded to Dewsbury-Hall's goal by throwing on Tim Iroegbunam, Elliot Stroud and Mohamed Belloumi.
Stroud's doggedness near the corner flag allowed him to play the ball in, and Brantwaite's touch was not enough to stop Belloumi – not considered fit enough to start after his international exertions – to find the net.
Belloumi had a shot blocked and Stroud's ill-advised dribble out of defence created a chance substitute Charly Alcaraz dragged wide but neither side was in the mood to go home pointless, and so it proved.
Hull City: Tzolakis; Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Mendy Giles (Stroud 64); Crooks (Iroegbunam 64), Slater (Morita 75); Gelhardt (Belloumi 64), Thomas (Vaz 86); McBurnie. Unused substitutes: Phillips, McNair, Norton-Cuffy, Herrington.
Everton: Pickford; Maitland-Niles (O'Brien 78), Tarkowski, Keane, Branthwaite; Garner, Armstrong (Hackney 78); Johnson (George 66), Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish (Dibling 86); Barry (Alcaraz 86). Unused substitutes: Travers, Norgaard, Rohl, Graham.
Referee: M Salisbury (Higher Penwortham).