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Gylfi Sigurdsson of Everton celebrates with his teammates after scoring his team’s second goal during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Everton.
Everton claimed their first Liverpool victory since 1999 when the beleaguered Premier League champions fell 2-0 in the Merseyside derby.
AS A STEP: Liverpool 0-2 Everton
The Toffees had not won a derby on any ground in 23 previous meetings dating back to 2010, but they made the most of the lost invincibility of the English champions in front of empty stands.
Richarlison gave Carlo Ancelotti’s team the perfect start with his third minute.
Gylfi Sigurdsson’s late penalty sealed Everton’s first win at Anfield in the 21st century.
Having dominated their Anfield clashes with Everton for the past 22 years, Liverpool ended a home derby empty-handed for the first time since Kevin Campbell’s triumph for the Toffees.
It was also Everton’s first win against their hated neighbors anywhere in 24 matches in all competitions dating back to 2010.
Jurgen Klopp’s team have suffered four consecutive losses in the league and a streak of just two wins in their last 11 games in the competition has left them in grave danger of missing a top-four result.
The Reds languish in sixth place and would be five points behind the Champions League spots if fifth-ranked West Ham beat Tottenham on Sunday.
After a 68-game unbeaten league streak at home, injury-ravaged Liverpool have lost their last four at home for the first time since 1923.
The pain of defeat in the 238 Merseyside derby will last even longer as it was a poor tackle from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford in their meeting earlier this season that has since left Virgil van Dijk out of the game with a serious knee injury.
Without the influential Dutch central defender, Liverpool have endured a miserable time and Everton exposed their defensive flaws in just 145 seconds.
A weak header from Ozan Kabak landed on James Rodriguez, who slipped on a pass behind the loaned Schalke center-back and Richarlison ran to fire an angled shot that passed Alisson Becker.
Liverpool applied all the pressure in the second half but were hit with a punch with seven minutes remaining when Dominic Calvert-Lewin was brought down by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The VAR asked referee Chris Kavanagh to look at the court monitor, but it took a few seconds for the referee to decide that he had made the correct decision and Sigurdsson scored the penalty.
Everton are now tied on points with Liverpool and have a game in hand over their rivals.
