A moment almost 10 years in the making
The only people who missed the three passes from Gylfi Sigurdsson that led to goals were the Spurs defence.
One to Dominic Calvert-Lewin, another to Richarlison and, finally, the match deciding chip into the path of Bernard.
He also played the pass that would lead to the award of Everton's penalty - which he converted.
Sigurdsson's hat-trick of assists was the first time a Blues' player has laid on three goals since Steven Pienaar did so against Fulham in 2012.
That April afternoon, the South African playmaker teed up Marouane Fellaini for a header, one for Nikica Jelavic to finish and another for Tim Cahill as part of a 4-0 win.
Fired up for the second-half
Carlo Ancelotti has told Tom Davies to keep things simple.
Play the right pass and don't take too many touches. Do so and he can play in any one of the positions across the midfield under the Italian.
But what Davies has, that most of this team-mates don't, is - to borrow Ancelotti's words - a sense of belonging to the club.
And that was never more apparent on a roller coaster evening at Goodison. Davies' reaction to the win told you all you needed to know about what it meant but there was another, more subtle moment, which said just as much about his feelings towards his boyhood club.
As Everton walked through the tunnel for the start of the second-half, Davies stretched up, touched a sign on the wall and then tapped the club badge on his chest.
He was ready to give everything for the royal blue clause in the second-half. He did that. And did it again in extra-time.
King for a(nother) day
The absence of new signing Josh King, because he was cup tied, looked like it was going to be eve more keenly felt when Dominic Calvert-Lewin went off with a hamstring problem.
Everton had no striker on the bench in reserve. The Blues, still 3-2 ahead at this stage, instead introduced Seamus Coleman.
An astonishing cup tie would then swing to 3-3, 4-3 in Everton's favour before Harry Kane forced extra-time, only for Bernard to make it 5-4.
How King wanted to be out there. Everton would definitely have used him off the bench. But having played, and scored, in two previous rounds of the competition for Bournemouth, he was ineligible.
"P***ed" was how he described himself before kick-off. He no doubt felt even more frustrated as he watched an up and down thriller from home.
Squad goals
That Everton, and Ancelotti, managed to navigate a passage through to the FA Cup quarter-finals was even more remarkable given they named only seven substitutes last night - two of whom were young goalkeepers.
FA Cup rules permit nine subs this season but such as the injuries still biting at the Blues' squad, Ancelotti was hamstrung.
He hopes to welcome back James Rodriguez, Jordan Pickford and, fingers crossed, Allan for the visit of Fulham on Sunday.
King is also able to play again.
But it looks as though he will be without his top scorer Calvert-Lewin. He will be wondering if he'll ever have a fully fit squad again before the season is out.
