Everton boss Roberto Martinez was satisfied with their 1-1 draw against Manchester City.
Steven Naismith's header for Everton cancelled out Fernandinho's 74th-minute goal.
After four successive league defeats Everton manager Martinez was impressed with how his side dug themselves out of a hole.
"I thought it was a bit of an old-fashioned game; a lot of character and grit in difficult conditions," he said.
"The first half we allowed City to have a little bit too much space even though we defended the area well and we stopped them being effective in the areas where David Silva and Samir Nasri operate.
"This City side are playing with a lot of confidence and they drag you out of position and play with good awareness of space.
"We came up with the best chance of the game with Joe Hart producing the save of the game (from Romelu Lukaku) and then we hit the crossbar (from Seamus Coleman's rebound effort).
"Once Man City scored I thought we upped the tempo, I thought physically we looked really strong and we always looked threatening but defended very well.
"I thought the reaction and character we showed after going 1-0 down was special.
"We would have loved to get the three points but it was a positive performance from our point of view."