Liverpool 0-2 Everton: Premier League – live reaction! | Football

A delighted Duncan Ferguson is hugging every single Everton player. Carlo Ancelotti, cool as ever, strolls on in his own time to fistbumb the officials and then embrace Seamus Coleman. This win will do so much for an emerging Everton team, both in the short- and long-term. They are now level on points with Liverpool, and they have a game in hand. A Champions League place is a realistic ambition. He’s quite good, this Ancelotti fellow.

Peep peep! Everton have won at Anfield for the first time since 1999! It was a classic away performance: an early goal from Richarlison, a late penalty from Gylfi Sigurdsson and lots of cool, determined defending inbetween. The three centre-halves – Holgate, Keane and Godfrey – were outstanding, while the under-pressure Jordan Pickford was flawless.

90+6 min Sigurdsson almost makes it three, curling just wide from 20 yards.

90+2 min Wijnaldum hasn’t given up: he lofts a fine curling shot from the edge of the area that is tipped over by the leaping Pickford. This game couldn’t have gone any better for Pickford, who has made a few good saves and a couple of outstanding ones.

89 min The penalty stemmed after a majestic surge from Calvert-Lewin, who outpaced Alexander-Arnold in a 40-yard race. He is turning into a seriously good centre-forward, and must be a nightmare to play against.

88 min After going almost four years without a home defeat in the league, Liverpool have now lost four in a row. That is utterly bonkers.

87 min “Oh My God!!!!!!” says Mary Waltz. “I am going to buy a lottery ticket because the odds of Everton winning are about the same. I am playing that horrid Wilson Phillips song on a loop. The world has turned upside down!!!!!!!!!!”

86 min Alex Iwobi replaces Richarlison, who scored the first and started the counter-attack for the second with a brilliant turn away from Phillips.

85 min “It felt like this period would be defined by Liverpool,” says Andrew Hurley, “but City will shortly have won three of the last four Premier Leagues. The point was well-made about Klopp driving his players into the ground, but isn’t his mentality also to blame, constantly looking to be the victim/complaining in the first half of the season. This can’t transmit anything but negatively to his team. And, Thiago – he is literally the opposite of how Liverpool played the past four years, I never understood it.”

Siege mentalities can be extremely effective, but I agree that you have to be really careful not to let it tip over into defeatism. It can be healthy to think it’s you against the world. But it’s dangerous if you think the world is against you.

85 min Firmino zig-zags past three players and shoots just wide. A corner is given, erroneously, but nothing comes of it.

83 min I’m still not about sure that penalty decision. Alexander-Arnold slid in an attempt to stop the first shot, and was still sliding when Calvert-Lewin ran over him and fell over. The interesting thing it that, having been advised to go over to the monitor, Chris Kavanagh only had a cursory look and then stuck to his original decision.

Alisson went the right way, but Sigurdsson rolled the ball softly into the corner. Everton are 2-0 up at Anfield!

VAR check Chris Kavanagh is advised to look at the monitor – but he sticks to his original decision and gives the penalty!

PENALTY TO EVERTON! Calvert-Lewin storms through on goal and forces a fine save from Alisson. The ball runs loose, and Calvert-Lewin is about to tap it into the net when he falls over the sliding Alexander-Arnold. Is that really a foul?

80 min Everton’s formation is now a freestyle 8-0-2. Liverpool continue to dominate, though they are still struggling to create clear chances.

77 min “Rob,” says Matt Dony, “could I possibly redact my earlier comment about revenge? I mean, revenge is a petty, messy concept. It’s driven by negativity and looking backwards. Much better to take the moral high-ground and not worry about revenge. At all.”

76 min Alexander-Arnold’s cross-shot is blocked by Godfrey, who has had a fine game. In fact all three Everton centre-halves have been excellent.

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