GOALS from Joshua King and Nathan Ake ensured comeback kings Cherries hauled themselves off the canvas to earn a 2-2 draw with Everton.

King’s penalty was followed up by Dutchman Ake’s strike 11 minutes from time as Eddie Howe’s men cancelled out earlier second-half goals from Theo Walcott and Michael Keane.

Both sides also finished the game with 10 men as Richarlison was sent off for the hosts in a moment of madness four minutes before the break.

Adam Smith was also shown red for shoving over Walcott just past the hour mark.

The result meant Cherries had picked up seven points from their opening three top-flight fixtures.

Boss Howe for the third game in a row named an unchanged starting XI but the big team news for the hosts came among the substitutes.

Club record signing Jefferson Lerma, a £25million summer buy from Levante, was included in a Premier League matchday squad for the first time.

He replaced Tyrone Mings on the bench. Andrew Surman captained Cherries on his 200th appearance for the club.

Everton boss Marco Silva, who had beaten Cherries in previous spells with Hull and Watford, made one alteration to his line-up which beat Southampton 2-1 last time out.

With Morgan Schneiderlin ruled out with a muscle problem, Tom Davies took a place in the Toffees’ midfield.

And it was the visitors who looked most likely to draw first blood in the early exchanges.

Full-back Leighton Baines’s left-foot piledriver was blocked by Steve Cook, before a Gylfi Sigurdsson corner was scrambled away by the hosts after being met by Michael Keane.

Sigurdsson’s centre was then smashed over the bar by Turkish striker Cenk Tosun.

But it was Cherries who should have opened the scoring with a sublime passing move on 16 minutes.

A classy one-two between David Brooks and Smith allowed the full-back to get forward, he found Ryan Fraser, who played a delightful ball through to in-form frontman Callum Wilson.

But from inside the box with no one around him, the former Coventry ace blazed over the top when he should have done better.

Cherries continued to create. Wilson played the ball wide for Brooks to cross for King, whose back-post header fell over the top after being challenged by Seamus Coleman.

Ever alert, King almost netted the opener out of nothing on 22 minutes.

The Norwegian international stretched to prod a loose ball at goal having got the better of Keane but England stopper Jordan Pickford was there to gather.

After a period of Everton pressure, another Cherries chance came in the form of a set-piece.

Fraser’s free-kick was whipped in towards Ake, but the Dutch international could only meet the delivery with his shoulder and the ball looped to safety.

But on 41 minutes came the game’s first talking point, as Everton were reduced to 10 men.

After lining up to contest a throw-in near Cherries’ area, winger Richarlison was judged to have shoved his head into the face of full-back Smith, meaning referee Lee Probert brandished the Brazilian with a red card.

Cherries almost benefitted from a moment of panic in the Everton backline five minutes after the break.

Former Toffee Gosling’s cross clipped Davies and, with Mason Holgate letting it go, the ball was fumbled by Pickford and eventually stabbed to safety.

Sigurdsson then received the game’s first caution for pulling back Fraser and thwarting Cherries on the counter.

But despite Howe’s men holding a man advantage, they were caught napping as the visitors took the lead on 55 minutes.

Tosun sent the ball through for Walcott, who had found a pocket of space in Cherries’ backline to blast past Asmir Begovic at the near post.

Things then got even worse for Cherries six minutes later as Smith was given his marching orders by referee Probert.

He was judged to have pushed over Walcott after the former Arsenal forward had got goal side and charged towards the box. From the resulting free-kick, Baines’s curling effort was parried away by Begovic.

And on 66 minutes, Cherries’ misery was doubled as they fell asleep at the back once again.

A quick free-kick from the visitors allowed Sigurdsson to cross for Keane, whose header squeezed under Begovic and trickled into the net.

Wilson then had the opportunity to get Cherries back into the contest. He ran on to King’s through ball but failed to beat Pickford after charging into the box.

But the Dorset club then gave themselves a lifeline on 75 minutes as referee Probert awarded the home side a penalty.

Frontman Wilson was hauled down in the box by Baines and it was striker King who tucked home past Pickford for 2-1.

With their tails up, the comeback was complete four minutes later as Howe’s men got their leveller through Ake. He stabbed home after Wilson’s header from a corner had cannoned off the far post.

Wilson then headed wide of the near post from another set-piece, as Cherries went in search of a winner.

Late on, Everton duo Keane and Idrissa Gueye were involved in a nasty clash, resulting in the centre-half having to be stretchered off and taken to hospital. 

After the lengthy delay, Sigurdsson fired over in the 12th minute of time added on, as an electric second half drew to a close. 

Cherries (4-4-1-1): Begovic; Smith, S Cook, Ake, Daniels; Brooks (Ibe, 65), Surman (L Cook, 75), Gosling, Fraser; King (Mousset, 90+12); Wilson.

Unused subs: Francis, Lerma, Defoe, Boruc (g/k).

Booked: None.

Sent off: Smith.

Everton (4-2-3-1): Pickford; Coleman, Holgate, Keane (Zouma 90+6), Baines; Davies, Gueye; Walcott (Bernard, 85), Sigurdsson, Richarlison; Tosun (Calvert-Lewin, 84).

Unused subs: Digne, Niasse, Dowell, Stekelenburg (g/k).

Booked: Sigurdsson, Tosun, Gueye.

Sent off: Richarlison.

Referee: Lee Probert.