JUNIOR Stanislas rescued Cherries a deserved share of the spoils in the eighth minute of added time of a pulsating 3-3 draw with Everton.

Eddie Howe’s men had seemed destined for more heartbreak when England international Ross Barkley scored against the run of play in the 95th minute.

The stunning finale came after the raw physicality of Ramiro Funes Mori and Romelu Lukaku had handed the Toffees a two-goal lead at the interval, only for Cherries to produce a rousing comeback to level in the final 10 minutes.

Substitute Adam Smith’s 25-yard blockbuster eventually broke the away side’s resistance and Stanislas’s finish from livewire Joshua King’s centre had seemingly secured a share of the spoils with four minutes remaining.

Barkley’s powerful low hit squirmed under the body of substitute keeper Ryan Allsop to leave the home crowd crestfallen but Cherries refused to give in and when Charlie Daniels centred, up popped Stanislas to send the Steve Fletcher Stand into raptures.

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It was the slice of luck Cherries so desperately deserved on an afternoon which featured yet more injury concerns.

Keeper Adam Federici was withdrawn at half-time having landed awkwardly on his ankle with the Australia international later pictured in the dugout wearing a protective boot with crutches by his side.

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Then, Harry Arter visibly held his right hamstring as he came off with 15 minutes to go.

Boss Howe named the same team for back-to-back Premier League matches for the first time since September, sticking with the XI that drew 2-2 at Swansea.

Cherries set a brisk tempo from the outset with Arter feeding Stanislas to run at Seamus Coleman before teeing up ex-Toffee Dan Gosling to shoot wide.

The match ebbed and flowed but it was Cherries who looked more incisive. Daniels pinged a low ball across the face of the box for Matt Ritchie to cut inside and hit a crisp effort at Howard.

King turned and wriggled free on the edge of the box with his low drive beaten away by the Everton keeper before Stones just nipped in front of the lurking Stanislas to deny Cherries the opener.

There were gasps as Federici was treated in the 17th minute before continuing but the hosts were almost architects of their own downfall within seconds.

Simon Francis’s cushioned a header fell straight into the path of Arouna Kone who drew a smart reaction stop from Federici at the near post.

From the corner, Romelu Lukaku overpowered Sylvain Distin to force another point-blank save from Federici but that first meaningful attack prompted Everton to turn the screw.

Barkley was pulling the strings, releasing James McCarthy down the left with Federici pushing his shot across goal and just high enough to loop over the onrushing Kone.

But the pressure soon told as another corner from Barkley found Funes Mori to rise above Steve Cook and head back across goal, beating King on the line.

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Cherries continued to probe and forced a series of corners but were hit with a sucker punch nine minutes before the interval.

Stones released Gerard Deulofeu whose steered ball into the centre found Belgian international Lukaku to bully his way past Cook and finish from an acute angle.

Ritchie’s firmly-executed cross from a short corner was met by Cook at the far post but with Howard floundering, Stones thumped away the defender’s goal-bound effort.

Fears over Federici proved founded when he didn’t appear for the second half, handing a first Cherries league appearance for Ryan Allsop for more than two years. Smith also came on at right-back with Francis switching across to centre-half in place of Cook.

Cherries started the second half brightly with King denied by Stones and Ritchie shooting at Howard.

A slick exchange involving Ritchie and Arter saw the ball spread to left-back Daniels to a shoot across goal but Howard’s save was calmly mopped up by the impressive Stones.

Little did he know it at the time but Lukaku then missed what should have been the match winner.

Deulofeu pinched the ball back off Arter on the Everton right with Coleman’s cross begging to be planted home by ‘Big Rom’ who miscued at the far post.

As the match opened up, the heartened Cherries continued to create with Stanislas’s deflected shot bouncing out for a corner.

Menace Smith continued to cause problems, reaching a ball he had no right to but none of his colleagues were on hand for the tap in.

Another crisp passage of play down the left saw Daniels find Ritchie in the centre but the Scotland winger’s first-time hit nestled in the grateful arms of Howard.

Eventually, the cruelty ended when Cherries grabbed their lifeline with 10 minutes left.

A poor low corner was scuffed away at the near post but Smith picked up the clearance, turned inside and walloped in off the far post from all of 25 yards.

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That lit the blue touch paper as Smith’s vehement appeals for a penalty fell on deaf ears seconds after the restart but in truth, any decision against Everton’s Brendan Galloway would have been harsh.

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The irrepressible Cherries kept going and eventually got their rewards with four minutes to play.

Substitute Glenn Murray took a quick free kick and found King on the right to gallop free with his cross swept home by Stanislas from eight yards.

Ritchie’s fierce inswinging corner was headed well off target by Murray but Daniels’s intervention was agonisingly close to finding the net as Cherries went for the jugular.

With time ticking away, the contest seemed all set for a draw before Barkley’s intervention, only for Daniels and Stanislas to weave their magic just as the curtain began to fall.

CHERRIES: Federici (Allsop, h-t), Francis, Distin, Cook (Smith, h-t), Daniels, Stanislas, Surman, Arter (Murray, 75), Gosling, Ritchie, King. Unused subs: MacDonald, Kermorgant, O'Kane, Cargill.

Booked: Gosling, Daniels.

EVERTON: Howard, Coleman, Galloway, Stones, Mori, McCarthy (Cleverly, 68), Barry, Deulofeu (Lennon, 86), Barkley, Kone (Gibson, 90+7), Lukaku. Unused subs: Osman, Mirallas, Naismith, Joel (g/k).