Will Rooney reports following a dramatic final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.
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00:00Full-time here at Goodson Park, the final Merseyside derby to take place at Goodson Park
00:06and it will live long in the memory because it was full of drama, action-packed.
00:12That was during the game and after the game, it ended a 2-2 draw.
00:17Everton thoroughly deserved a point, Liverpool maybe a little bit fortunate to have picked up a point.
00:23It looked like it was going to be 3 at one point,
00:26but Everton hit back in the 97th minute or 98th minute, I beg your pardon, James Tarkowski.
00:32He doesn't score a lot of goals, most of them come off his head when he does,
00:36but he thunders home a volley at the back post and he saunters up.
00:44Everton going for broke because they were the better team, Everton, in truth.
00:48They took the lead in the 11th minute.
00:51Jarrod Bramfleet plays a quick free kick into the run of Beto.
00:55A really, really smart finish, composed finish from the striker.
01:00After three goals in his past two league games now, Everton need someone to step up in the absence of
01:05the likes of Donna Calvert-Lewin and Dwight McNeil and Beto's doing just that.
01:09Liverpool equalised five minutes later, Alexa McAllister getting his head on to Mohamed Salah's cross.
01:17The rest of the first half was pretty cagey to be honest with you.
01:20Liverpool had more of the ball but Everton really limited them.
01:23It's stoppage time, Dominic Soboslai has a low drive saved by Jordan Pickford.
01:27Lewis Diaz looked like he might have had a tap-in but Tarkowski made some really good challenges tonight.
01:32Diaz.
01:33Second half, Everton had chances.
01:36Jack Harrison flashed for one past the post.
01:39Abdullah Ittikore missed two huge, huge opportunities.
01:43One with his head, one on the edge of the box when he was in acres of space.
01:49Jarrett Bramfwaite had a goal, disallowed for offside.
01:52And then Liverpool against the run of play, thought they'd stolen three points late on.
01:59Tarkowski's poor clearance allowed Liverpool another phase of play.
02:04Darwin Nunes played to Curtis Jones.
02:06His shot looked like it was going to nestle into the far corner.
02:09Bramfwaite made a really good header but the ball fell to Salah.
02:13And Mohamed Salah's absolutely clinical and he finished his 27th goal of the season.
02:18And by David Moyes' own admission, he thought the game was going to fizzle out.
02:22He didn't think Everton were going to get anything.
02:24But alas, the 97th minute, Mikalenko putting across from the left.
02:29Liverpool don't deal with it.
02:31And James Tarkowski just thought, I'm going up here.
02:34I'm going to creep around the back post, take a gamble and see if it'll fall to me.
02:38And that it did.
02:39And he thundered home into the top corner.
02:42And then as soon as the kick-off went, Michael Oliver, the referee, blew his whistle.
02:49And then the melee broke out because Abdoulaye Dekore went and celebrated in front of the Liverpool fans.
02:55Curtis Jones ran over and got into a little bit of a fracker with Dekore.
03:02That sparked a melee.
03:05Dekore and Jones were both given second yellow cards and sent off.
03:08And Liverpool head coach Arnaud Slott and his assistant Sipke Hulshov were also given red cards.
03:13So both of those will now have to say touchline bans.
03:19Neither could conduct post-match media duties.
03:23So there was nothing from Liverpool's end bar from captain Virgil van Dijk after the game.
03:27Liverpool will be disappointed.
03:30It was a chance to go nine points clear of the top of the Premier League.
03:34Instead it's seven from Arsenal now.
03:36And Everton edging further away from the relegation zone.
03:41David Moyes in his five league games since taking charge.
03:47Three wins in a draw and a defeat.
03:49Ten points out of 15.
03:51That's a fantastic return.
03:53Everton's fears of relegation have really alleviated.
03:56They've got Crystal Palace on Saturday.
03:59The only disappointment for Everton was Illuminati.
04:01He limped off in the first half.
04:03He'll be assessed tomorrow.
04:05So that will be a blow.
04:07But yeah, action packed here at Goodson Park.
04:10A fitting way for a final, amazing side of Derby to take place as a grand old lady.
04:16It ended Everton 2-0 Liverpool 2.