Drogba strike sinks Toffees

Drogba put Chelsea in front with a bullet header in the 71st minute but they had to settle for a point when Cahill's spectacular overhead scissor-kick beat Carlo Cudicini from six yards.

Drogba's goal was his seventh of the season and the point was enough to stretch Chelsea's unbeaten home league run to 69 games.

While Chelsea had begun brightly, it was Everton who created the first clear cut chance of the game in the 15th minute when Leon Osman headed a cross from Ayegbeni Yakubu back into the path of Steven Pienaar.

However, under pressure from Michael Essien, Pienaar was unable to connect with the ball as it bounced dangerously in the penalty area.

Chelsea lost centre-half Ricardo Carvalho in the 26th minute when he fell awkwardly trying to head clear and he was replaced by Israeli defender Tal Ben Haim.

Chelsea should have taken the lead in the 28th minute when Drogba's cross found Frank Lampard at the far post. The England international cleverly brought the ball under control before pulling it back for the lurking Shaun Wright-Phillips.

But the Chelsea winger's shot was well saved by Tim Howard, who then kept Everton in the game seconds later with super stop to deny Lampard.

But the deadlock was finally broken in the 70th minute when Drogba rose unchallenged to head home a corner from Salomon Kalou.

However, Chelsea's hopes of claiming all three points evaporated in the closing stages when Cahill stunned the home crowd two minutes from time. Juliano Belletti failed to clear a shot from James McFadden and the Everton midfielder sent his overhead kick into the roof of the net.