Antonio Conte's first Premier League game in charge of Tottenham ended in a goalless draw against Everton at Goodison Park.
Conte has only had a few days to work with his players and kicked off his tenure with a 3-2 win over Vitesse in the Europa Conference League on Thursday, but this was a real gauge of the task at hand for the Italian.
Tottenham had gone more than three hours in the league without a shot on target but substitute Giovani lo Celso almost got Conte off to a winning start when he curled an effort against the post with two minutes to go.
This was also a much improved Everton from recent weeks with Rafael Benitez's side, without a win in the top flight since September, having Mason Holgate dismissed late on for a high follow-through.
The hosts thought they had been handed a golden chance to break the deadlock when Chris Kavanagh awarded a penalty in the second half, only for the referee to overturn the decision after consulting the pitch-side monitor.
Richarlison appeared to beat Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to the ball and was brought down in the area but Kavanagh deemed that the Frenchman had got a fingertip to the ball.
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