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Everton will have to triumph at the Stadium of Light if they are to book an FA Cup semi-final date at Wembley, after Sunderland earned a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park on Saturday.

The Toffees will feel that a chance has been wasted after they controlled large periods of the game on Merseyside, despite falling behind early on to a Phil Bardsley stunner. Tim Cahill's equaliser earned Everton a replay, but they came agonisingly close to finding a winner when Simon Mignolet produced an outstanding late double-save.

Moyes took an almighty gamble midweek, resting a string of his first-choice players in the Merseyside derby, effectively passing up the opportunity to overtake Liverpool in the Premier League. His focus was on Saturday's visit of Sunderland, but the gamble only partially yielded reward.

The Toffees were quick out of the blocks on home soil, Leon Osman heading over from Seamus Coleman's cross as early as the third minute. Royston Drenthe should then have had a penalty, tricking his way past Craig Gardner who dangled a leg but got away with it.

Instead it was Sunderland who broke the deadlock, with Bardsley scoring a goal of high quality. Receiving the ball 25 yards out from a quick free kick, the right-back unleashed a rasping drive that flew through a string of bodies to find Tim Howard's far corner.

It was a barely deserved opener, but it didn't rock Everton's momentum for long. Just 11 minutes later they were back on terms as Cahill showed the predatory instincts that have escaped him for much of the season, adjusting superbly to divert Nikica Jelavic's header past Mignolet for his second of the campaign.

Everton could even have led by half-time, when Drenthe bent a stunning 30-yard free-kick onto the bar, before Osman kept Mignolet honest from distance.

Mignolet had more work to do after the break as he denied Cahill a second of the afternoon, before watching Jelavic's powerful header sail over the bar. Jelavic's aerial threat was a nuisance all afternoon and the Croatian launched a serious penalty shout for handball against John O'Shea just after the hour, although replays showed a spot-kick would have been harsh.

Clear-cut chances remained at a premium as both defences held reasonably firm, but with four minutes remaining Everton had the chance to steal it, Mignolet producing an incredible double-save, first by diving full stretch to his right to deny Johnny Heitinga and then by blocking Jelavic's follow-up from point-blank range.

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