Demarai Gray's late equaliser earned Everton a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest — but the Toffees' disappointing start continues.

The breakthrough arrived with nine minutes remaining. Jordan Pickford failed to hold Ryan Yates' shot from distance, parrying into the path of Brennan Johnson to score. 

However, the Toffees levelled seven minutes later as Pickford atoned for his error with a long ball to Gray, who raced in behind to tuck a low shot past Dean Henderson.

Everton goalscorer Gray voiced his frustrations at failing to win the match.

He said: "We're disappointed to come away with just one point. We controlled the game and created so many opportunities but we switched off. 

"The positive to take is obviously that we equalised. Last season we might not have come back so we showed character to take a point. 

"Performance-wise we were good today but nobody is fully happy with a point. If we keep playing like that, we will win games and we approach each game trying to win."

Forest head coach Steve Cooper said that his men were equally disappointed with the result.

He said: "It's a very quiet, disappointed dressing room. We've played well enough to win, certainly in the second half. To go 1-0 up then concede like we did is disappointing. 

"But there are loads of positives and I won't be narrow-minded to forget those. 

"It's our first point on the road in the Premier League and a greatly improved performance from when we played Newcastle so we'll definitely take belief from that. 

"There were loads of good individual performances and we showed good mentality in wanting to win the game. You can't concede like that at this level though, as you'll get punished. 

"So I've got mixed feelings but I won't lose sight of how proud I am of the way we played. We'll take it on the chin, analyse the goal we let in and get ready for our next games."

Did you know?

Everton have picked up just one point in their opening three Premier League games this season, their fewest at this stage since 2010-11 (also one).

Since the start of last season, Johnson has scored more goals for Forest in all competitions than any other player (20).

Pickford became the first Toffees goalkeeper to assist a Premier League goal since Joel Robles in December 2016 against Leicester.

Everton have picked up just two points in their last six league matches against newly-promoted sides (drawn two, lost four).

Everton's eight shots on target were shared between Gray (three) and Anthony Gordon (five). Gordon is the first Toffees player on record (since 2003-04) to have five shots on target in a Premier League game without scoring.