Bolton Wanderers survived a comeback from Everton before sealing their first home win of the season in the Barclays Premier League.
Gary Megson's side triumphed at the Reebok Stadium as substitute Ivan Klasnic scored his first goal for the club with the decisive strike in the 87th minute.
The hosts had been well in control as goals from Lee Chung-Yong and Gary Cahill put them 2-0 ahead.
Everton hit back with a wonder-strike from Louis Saha and Marouane Fellaini's second-half equaliser, but Klasnic settled the issue late on.
The 2-1 defeat to Manchester United last week had been Bolton's first for six matches and the hosts looked set to continue their good run in the opening stages, making a positive start to the encounter.
Jlloyd Samuel floated a cross in for an unmarked Tamir Cohen in the third minute, but the Israeli sent his header across goal and two minutes later Kevin Davies connected with a delightful free-kick from Matt Taylor, only for the captain to direct his header down into the turf, the ball bouncing up over Tim Howard's goal.
Everton attempted to hit back but Jo lost his footing on the edge of the box and shot tamely at Jussi Jaaskelainen before sending a glancing header wide from a corner.
wonderful delivery
With 17 minutes on the clock, it was Bolton who made a deserved breakthrough, Sam Ricketts beating Tony Hibbert on the right and sending a bouncing ball across the box which evaded the Everton defence and found Lee, who coolly slotted past Howard.
Again Everton attempted to rally but the visitors were showing little conviction in front of goal and Bolton doubled their lead on 27 minutes.
Taylor sent in another wonderful delivery from a free-kick on the left and centre-back Cahill rose tallest from a crowd of players in the area to loft the ball over Howard.
Everton looked like they might crumble completely, yet within five minutes, they had found a response out of nowhere.
There appeared to be little on when Neill found Saha in space midway into the Bolton half, but the Frenchman caught the entire ground by surprise as he advanced a few yards before rifling the ball into the top corner to put the Toffees back in the match.
Everton finished the first half the stronger side and having emerged for the second looking similarly purposeful, drew level within 10 minutes of the restart.
no mistake
Neill was the provider once again, lofting the ball towards the Bolton box where Fellaini brought it down, turned Cahill and then smashed it into the roof of the net from a tight angle.
Suddenly Everton were in the ascendancy and as Bolton's passing game broke down, their frustration became apparent, with Cahill and then Samuel both booked for rash tackles in quick succession.
David Moyes' side looked like they might win it with 15 minutes to go when Dan Gosling broke clear, but he ran out of steam before getting a shot away and, having survived that scare, Bolton managed to regain their composure.
Davies missed a glorious opportunity from six yards after misdirecting a header from Lee's inswinging corner, but Wanderers' tails were up and it was the substitute Klasnic who had the final say with just three minutes remaining.
Jaaskelainen hit a long ball straight into the Everton box and when Davies managed to head it down for Klasnic, the Croatian made no mistake, drilling it past Howard to notch his first goal in English football and Bolton's first home league victory of the campaign.
