A stunning late winner from Aston Villa's Anwar El Ghazi condemned Everton to a 2-1 defeat to put a serious dent in the Toffees' hope of a late surge for a top-four Premier League finish.
Everton's home form has been their undoing this season with only one win out of their last 10 at Goodison.
The victory moved Villa up to ninth on 48 points, four behind eighth-placed Everton. The Toffees trail fourth-placed Chelsea by nine points with five games left to play.
Villa missed plenty of chances in an action-packed first half after Ollie Watkins fired them ahead in the 13th minute but grabbed the winner out of the blue when El Ghazi unleashed an 80th-minute thunderbolt into the top corner.
Villa manager Dean Smith was pleased with the outcome and said his team still have plenty to play for as they rekindled hopes of securing a place in Europe.
"It's easy for people to say we haven't got anything to play for but we want to finish as high as we can," Smith told the BBC. "We want to regain that momentum and consistency we had earlier in the season.
"It was a really good game of football and both teams tried to win. I think we deserved it on the balance of chances. Jordan Pickford was in really good form and denied Ollie Watkins time and time again."
Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti was frustrated after his side's poor home league form continued.
"It is difficult to say why [Everton struggle at home]," said the Italian. "It is the same team who beat Arsenal seven days ago. We of course could do better at home for sure. It is unbelievable, the run we had away and the run we had at home.
"We made a lot of mistakes at the beginning - no balance, no concentration. It was not a good evening."
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British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to find the Tutankhamun tomb, died in a Cairo hotel four months after the crypt was opened.
He had been in poor health for many years after a car crash, and a mosquito bite made worse by a shaving cut led to blood poisoning and pneumonia.
Reports at the time said Lord Carnarvon suffered from “pain as the inflammation affected the nasal passages and eyes”.
Decades later, scientists contended he had died of aspergillosis after inhaling spores of the fungus aspergillus in the tomb, which can lie dormant for months. The fact several others who entered were also found dead withiin a short time led to the myth of the curse.
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