And one that, thankfully, the Blues won by the odd-goal, the first of which came with just 4 minutes on the clock!
Mikel Arteta, a surprise inclusion in the starting 11, took down a cross from Diniyar Bilyaletdniov and, a couple of neat sidesteps later, won a penalty thanks to a clumsy challenge from Ryan Nelsen.
The Spaniard netted the resulting spot kick with one of those penalties that would've been easily saved had the 'keeper gone the right way...but he didn't and it was one-nil to the Blues!
Everton then proceeded to do what the've done to quite a few teams this season and played Blackburn off the park for the next 20 minutes with some football that David Moyes described as 'scintillating'...he wasn't wrong.
And Mikel Arteta was the hub of Everton's neat play but he shouldn't have been on the pitch after the first 20 minutes after a strange, but very funny, attack on Morten Gamst Pedersen.
The once half decent looking Norwegian fould Arteta midway in the Everton half and the usually level-headed Spaniard poked a finger in his face then right in his eye!
As fat-head Allardyce put it: "You can't mess with someone's face like that!" but Arteta did and only got a yellow card, as did the unlucky Pedersen.
Blackburn then began to put more pressure on Everton, perhaps riled by the injustice of it all, but late defensive blocks by Tim Cahill and Phil Jagielka ensured that the Blues went in 1-0 up at half time.
All good at the interval then, Everton 1-0 up, played some great stuff and the sun was cracking the flags...well maybe not cracking the flags as, even on the sunniest of days, Ewood Park is possiby the coldest ground anywhere!
Except maybe Boundary Park, a ground so cold that the local brasses charge you a 20 spot to just blow your hands! Now...take my mother-in-law....
Anyway, Everton started the second half well and should've been two up ten minutes in as Tony Hibbert whipped in a wicked cross that Cahill somehow managed to head over the bar.
Shortly after that everyone in the ground thought it was 2-0 to the Blues as Leighton Baines smashed a first time shot goalwards only to see it crash off the post...the noise of the ball hitting the woodwork was the first that Paul Robinson even knew of it!
Then two minutes later Blackburn were level through a screamer of their own as Steven Nzonzi - who can often be seen around the town wearing a leather jacket, sat astride a Harley and shouting "Eeeeeeeeyyyy(up)" to passers by - cut in from the left and smashed one in from the edge of the area.
So, for the third game in succession, Everton had let the lead slip but instead of getting all jittery at Blackburn turning the screw on the Blues, David Moyes pushed for the win and replaced Hibbert with Yakubu.
And it paid off immediately as the big Nigerian was on hand to nod in a Victor Anichebe - on for Bilyaletdinov - flick on from a long throw by Baines.
Then two minutes later Blackburn were level through a screamer of their own as Steven Nzonzi...hang on, sorry, it was Jason Roberts this time!
Everton's new found propensity to snatch a draw from the jaws of victory looked like it was about to play out again as Roberts took advantage of some ropey defending from Sylvain Distin and vollyed a 20-yard screamer into the bottom corner of the Everton goal.
But, just when it looked like the Blues had blown another two points, Baines played the ball to Yakubu who showed there's still some life in his legs by completely smoking Phil Jones with a drop of the shoulder before rolling the ball across the six-yard-box where Tim Cahill was on hand to tap the ball into the net.
Job done!