Everton vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today
Everton and Liverpool shared the points after fantastic displays from goalkeepers Jordan Pickford and Alisson
Liverpool hit the woodwork three times and Everton once but both sides had to settle for a point from a sometimes feisty goalless Merseyside derby. Tom Davies found the outside of a post for Everton midway through the first half before Jordan Pickford pushed a Darwin Nunez shot on to the crossbar and Luis Diaz hit the frame with a follow-up effort. Then in stoppage time Pickford made a superb save to push Mo Salah’s shot on to the upright. Conor Coady had the ball in the net in the 70th minute but when his goal was chalked off by VAR for an offside there were ugly scenes as a bottle appeared to be thrown, narrowly missing Jurgen Klopp, while another fan ran on to the pitch from the Gwladys Street End to confront referee Anthony Taylor.
But the day belonged to the goalkeepers, with both Pickford and Alisson Becker making fine saves in the second half. The result kept Everton winless to start the Premier League season though they were probably happier with the result than Liverpool, who are still yet to win away this campaign and have already dropped nine points from their opening six games. Everton debutant Neal Maupay got the first real chance but dragged his shot wide after being played in by Demarai Gray. Davies and Amadou Onana were winning the midfield battles for Everton while Gray and Anthony Gordon interchanged on the flanks and got plenty of joy against Konstantinos Tsimikas, preferred to Andrew Robertson at left-back. Gordon, kept out of the clutches of Chelsea in the final days of the transfer window, tested Alisson with a drilled shot when Liverpool could only half-clear Gray’s corner, but the shot was too close to the goalkeeper.
Everton should have gone in front in the 32nd minute. Nathan Patterson’s cross missed the intended target but it came back to Maupay. His shot was blocked but the ball sat up for Davies, who saw his shot spin off the outside of the far post. But Liverpool finished the half on top. Nunez had just wasted a second chance with a header at the far post when he brought a superb save from Pickford with a looping shot which the England goalkeeper pushed on to the crossbar. Luis Diaz won the race to the ball and cut back in from the left but bent his shot against the post. The game became end-to-end as the second half went on. Tsimikas blazed wastefully over for Liverpool, then Gordon brought down a long ball and slipped it inside for the on-rushing Patterson, who saw his shot deflected wide by Virgil van Dijk. Pickford got down smartly to turn Roberto Firmino’s goalbound drive away then made a reaction save to keep out the Brazilian’s header from the resulting corner. Seconds later, the goalkeeper did well to block Fabinho’s shot at the expense of another corner. Then it was Alisson’s turn as Everton countered down the left. Gray pulled the ball back looking for Gordon but instead found Maupay, who could hardly believe he failed to score as Liverpool’s goalkeeper made the block. After Coady’s disallowed goal sparked ugly scenes, Van Dijk was booked after catching Onana on the foot with his studs. Dwight McNeil replaced Gordon with eight minutes to go and almost made an immediate impact when his deflected shot brought another fine save from Alisson. Pickford was not to be outdone, denying Firmino from close range in the 87th minute, before getting quickly down to his left to deny Salah with the best save of the match at the death.
Aston Villa vs Manchester City
Tonight’s late kick off sees Pep Guardiola’s Man City travel to Aston Villa looking to finish the day at the top of the Premier League table.
They’ll do so if they beat Steven Gerrard’s struggling side and it looks as though it’s going to be a tough outing for the Villans. They’re up against Erling Haaland who already has nine goals in five games since joining City and will be hoping to add to that tally before the Champions League starts this week.
That said, Guardiola may elect to rest his star striker with an eye on the the European group stages in a few days time. We’ll find out if Haaland starts in the not too distant future.
Jordan Pickford heroics deny Liverpool to ensure deserved derby point for Everton
Four months after Jurgen Klopp was closing in on the quadruple, he has a less prestigious quartet. The German remains unbeaten at Goodison Park but a fourth goalless draw across Stanley Park of his reign meant that, winless as they remain, Everton emerged with more credit from the 241st Merseyside derby than Liverpool.
A game of 36 shots was far more dramatic than the scoreline suggested. It had everything but the goal, with one disallowed, the woodwork rattled four times and a quite brilliant performance by Jordan Pickford. His meetings with Liverpool have featured harrowing errors and a terrible injury to Virgil van Dijk. This time Pickford traded the role of villain for that of hero, with an extraordinary save from Darwin Nunez, a very fine one from Roberto Firmino and an invaluable injury-time stop to thwart Mohamed Salah, while the Dutchman may have been fortunate to avoid a red card for a challenge on Amadou Onana. If controversy can be a constant in such fixtures, along with an Everton wait for a home win that now dates back to 2010, Liverpool could be concerned by more recent trends.
Nine points have escaped their grasp already this season and, while they mounted a second-half onslaught, a new habit of slow starts is impeding them. At least this time they avoided conceding the first goal in a game, albeit because there were none.
Jordan Pickford heroics deny Liverpool to ensure deserved derby point for Everton
Everton 0-0 Liverpool: The England No1 was in fine form to keep out the Reds in an absorbing derby at Goodison
FT Everton 0-0 Liverpool
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk says that Liverpool should have won the game telling BT Sport: “Obviously they had a couple of opportunities and an offside goal. They had two good saves from Alisson, I think we had a little more [chances] than that. We should have won in my opinion. It feels like we lost two points.
“We wanted to stay calm. They wanted to be aggressive, feed the crowd. We had to keep our cool and play quickly from side to side, because the spaces were so massive between the lines. Sometimes we did that, sometimes we didn’t and created unnecessary problems.
“We changed system a little bit [at half-time] but it’s still the same principles. At times it went well, but at times we could have done better. It feels like we lost points here, but it’s still early in the season. We have to stick together, focus on winning games and take it step by step.
“A clean sheet also wasn’t a bad thing at this stage.”
FT Everton 0-0 Liverpool
Post-match reaction from Everton’s Jordan Pickford who told BT Sport: “We didn’t get the three points but we got the draw and can start building now.
“I made some good saves, Alisson made some good saves, but that’s our job. It’s my first clean sheet of the season and another building block for the team to get better.
“We have four points from four draws, but if we keep building we will get stronger and get the wins.”
FT Everton 0-0 Liverpool
It was a day for the goalkeepers at Goodison Park as neither team could break the the defences of Jordan Pickford or Alisson Becker.
Full-time: Everton 0-0 Liverpool
90+7 mins: There’s the full-time whistle. The game ends all square.
It’s been an entertaining nil-nil but a nil-nil nonetheless. Jordan Pickford and Alisson Becker were both exceptional in goal and they needed to be.
The points are shared at Goodison Park.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
90+5 mins: Off the post!
Liverpool fly through the pitch quickly and work the ball to Salah in the box. He shoots and Pickford gets a touch to turn it onto the post!
The ball come sback to Salah and he turns it wide with the follow-up.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
90+3 mins: Liverpool throw men into the box and Tarkowski gets in a block from Salah’s left-footed effort. The Reds want a penalty but the referee lets play go on.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
90 mins: Six minutes of added time to play.
Everton fly forward on the counter-attack and set up a three-on-three. Liverpool are scrambling to get back and Milner misses out in an attempted tackle of Dwight McNeil.
McNeil gives the ball to Gray who shoots but can’t beat Alisson.
Everton 0-0 Liverpool
86 mins: Save! Mo Salah collects the ball just outside the box and flicks it in with the outside of his left boot. It’s a perfect pass for Roberto Firmino who turns the ball towards goal with his first touch and forces Jordan Pickford into a leaping save to his right.
Pickford has to stretch to get there but his strong right hand keeps the ball out. How crucial will that stop prove to be?
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