England and Everton goalkepeer Jordan Pickford’s costly blunder allowed out-of-favour Divock Origi to carve his own piece of Merseyside history with a Liverpool winner deep into added time at Anfield.
The close-range goal 45 seconds before the end of four minutes of added time came after Virgil van Dijk’s hopelessly-sliced shot was shovelled onto the crossbar by Pickford when it appeared to be going out.
It was a harsh way to end the game for Pickford, who made at least one fantastic save in the first half, but it sparked wild scenes with Reds boss Jurgen Klopp charging into the centre-circle to celebrate with goalkeeper Alisson Becker, who himself had produced a couple of brilliant saves to keep another clean sheet.
Here, we rate Everton’s players.
STARTING XI
Jordan Pickford: What had been a good performance ended in embarrassment for the England goalkeeper as his fumble was punished by Origi. 5
Seamus Coleman: Went about his defensive duties solidly. 6
Michael Keane: Got away with a what was a rare error in the 54th minute as Mane fired wide. 6
Yerry Mina: Failed to take a good opportunity early on as he headed wide. Sound enough defence-wise. 6
Lucas Digne: A pretty decent display at left-back, containing the threat that came his way. 6
Andre Gomes: Delivered some more impressive work in midfield. Perhaps should have scored when his header was kept out by Alisson. 7
Idrissa Gueye: Hard working as usual. 6
Theo Walcott: Came off just after the hour, having not really managed to make a mark on the game. 5
Gylfi Sigurdsson: Delivered one excellent pass in the first half but was quite quiet overall. 5
Bernard: Lively in flashes – the best of Everton’s front four. 6
Richarlison: Unable to make much of a couple of potentially promising situations in the first half, hitting the turf on both occasions. 5
Substitutes:
Ademola Lookman (for Walcott, 63): Did not impose himself on proceedings. 5
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (for Bernard, 89): 5
Kurt Zouma (for Sigurdsson, 90): 5
