The host and Pickford are in luck!

Outcome: Everton 2-2 Liverpool

Goal scorer:
Everton: Mane 3 ‘, Salah 72’
Liverpool: Keane 19 ‘, D. Calvert-Lewin 81’

Pickford was lucky

Jordan Pickford has often embraced sadness in the Merseyside derby since moving to Everton. But last Saturday night was different when the English goalkeeper had to thank god of luck for being on his side.

It seems that Pickford’s bad luck facing Liverpool was made up for in the great battle at Goodison Park. In injury time, the former Sunderland member frowned as Jordan Henderson defeated him with a close-range kick.

At that moment, all the players of the two teams thought of Liverpool’s victory at Everton. However, the VAR does not think so. Tech officials silently used fine lines to identify Sadio Mane as offside before helping Henderson put the ball into the net.

Television graphics showed Mane offside with just a bit of his elbow. The images of the situation show Liverpool’s sadness. After the game, his coach Jurgen Klopp angrily told reporters:

“I saw the unacknowledged goal at the end of the game and even looking at the images I still don’t see offside. Can someone explain what happened to me? “

Furthermore, Liverpool also have the warmth to think that Pickford should have been sent off after just 10 minutes. It was a situation where the Everton goalkeeper entered the ball directly with Virgil van Dijk in the penalty area.

They all thought of a penalty for Liverpool with a red card for Pickford. But the VAR saved Everton and their guardians. Pickford’s subsequent difficult situation was also resolved.

It came after Liverpool beat Mane 1-0 in the third minute, if Everton were penalized the score could be 2-0 and again in the absence of people, their chances of scoring points are slim. .

But in the end, there is no red card or penalty. Only Van Dijk was injured due to the collision with Pickford and was forced to make room for Joe Gomez. In the absence of a defensive leader, Liverpool’s tactical operation suffers as well.

Everton “stinks dead”

With Alisson Becker leaving this game with a shoulder problem, Klopp did not want Van Dijk to be absent for long to leave the Liverpool defender facing doubts. The remaining minutes against Everton showed that they could not achieve the necessary certainty without these two pillars.

The header from Michael Keane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin caused Liverpool to lose 2 goals. With Van Dijk on the field, the situation could be different. If he didn’t block directly, the Dutch midfielder also urged his teammates to focus more on him.

Just eight minutes after Van Dijk limped off the field, Liverpool’s net vibrated. From James Rodriguez’s corner, Keane turned high and headed for a 1-1 draw. Pickford made a good save to deny Trent Alexander-Arnold before the end of the first half.

But in the 72nd minute, Mohamed Salah with a sensitive kick scored the 100th goal for Liverpool. The Egyptian international only needed 159 games to reach that milestone, right behind the two names Roger Hunt and Jack Parkinson in The Kop’s history.

It would have been 3-1 for Liverpool if Pickford had not had a world-class save after Joel Matip’s close-range header. A few minutes later, also from a dog fight, this time on the other side, Calvert-Lewin drew 2-2 for Everton.

The drama in the rest remains with Richarlison receiving a red card for a malevolent tackle with Thiago Alcantara. And with that said, the two team fans are still happy and sad mingled with Henderson’s unacknowledged goal.

For the fourth time in a row and the eighth in the last 9 meetings at Goodison Park, the Merseyside derby was inconclusive. On this occasion, it is clear that Everton are the most satisfied with 1 point.

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