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A last goal from James Tarkowski assured that the last Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton at Goodison Park ended with a 2-2 draw.
The Reds looked on the right track to ensure the victory at the home of their neighbors thanks to the goals of Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah canceling the first strike from Beto.
But James Tarkowski’s brilliant strike in the eighth minute of injury time accumulated things before full -time ugly scenes saw Abdoulaye Doucoure, Curtis Jones and Arne Slot All Red Carded.
How it went
With Goodison Park generating a noise worthy of the occasion, it was inevitable that the sides put a chaotic start out of breath.
But it was a moment of cooling that saw the score open in the 11th minute, Jarrad Branthwaite deceiving a defense of Liverpool expecting that a free kick is launched in the box by playing in the place a low ball behind for that Beto can run and pass beyond Alisson.
Unfortunately for the supporters of the house, they were unlikely to savor their heads, with Mac Allister responding almost instantly while brilliantly returning to the house a cross of Salah from the right.
The Everton of Victory Hopes were then subjected to a hard blow when the key man Iliman Ndiaye drink in tears with an apparent knee injury.
But there was little chance of talking before half-time, apart from Jordan Pickford, almost overthrew a Dominik Szoboszlai in Luis Diaz’s path and was bailed out by a beautiful Tarkowski challenge.
There had been the feeling that Liverpool was starting to control things before the break, but it was Everton who started the second half brighter.
They got closer when Abdoulaye Doucoure headed right next to the restart, before Jack Harrison launched a shot largely after showing good feet in the box.
And Everton thought they had taken the lead right after the hour when Branthwaite returned the ball to the house of a corner, only so that the offside flag refused it.
However, as is often the case in football when a team fails to try their luck, a goal for the opposition was actually just at the corner of the street.
Inevitably, he came from Salah, who produced a superb touch to kill the release at the head of Branthwaite before quickly bringing the ball to the house quickly with his right foot.
This objective seemed to be saping all the beliefs of Everton, who could not get closer to a happy Liverpool team to keep possession in safety thanks to their advantage to a goal.
But their big moment came in the additional eight minutes, the ball falling in Tarkowski in the box, which broke the arrival of a central center in the upper corner.
And further Bedlam followed, Jones being an exception to the decision of Doucoure to celebrate the objective in front of the external end, which made the two men see red, before the location was also sent after have backhand.
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It is not only because it was the last Everton derby that it would have been a parody if they had been beaten here.
It is rather because the blues probably had the best of a pulsating game in which they were brilliantly feeding on a crowd passionate about Goodison Park.
They “won the XG” with 0.98 to 0.65 of their opponents, took more shooting (10-6) and seemed to win the majority of challenges through the field throughout.
A Liverpool victory would have undoubtedly been a smash a
As much as it will harm, it is a draw which guarantees that Liverpool is at seven points clearly at the top of the Premier League with all the teams involved in the title race now in terms of matches.
Yes, it could have been new, but the Reds surely imagine their chances of transforming this enormous advantage into a coveted title in the coming months.
It is not only that they are so far, but also that it is difficult to see an arsenal struck with injury to do enough to eat in the deficit.
It was thought that when Jurgen Klopp resigned, Liverpool obtained a new manager who could be more limited in his relations with the referees.
And yet, Slot was so rabid by the performance of Michael Oliver in this one that he picked up the first red box of his time in English football.
The Dutchman may think that he has a point after a clear push on Konate in the accumulation of the late equalizer has been unpunished, while the number of Liverpool deaths of 20 against the nine engaged by a physical Everton offers A fair summary of the management of Oliver’s game by Oliver.
Liverpool would surely be better served, however, simply passing from a forgettable evening.
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