The Joe Thomas verdict as Everton beat Liverpool at Goodison Park for the first time in nearly 14 years
Everton finally produced a performance befitting of the final days of Goodison Park with a Merseyside derby display that meant its supporters could yell with vindication: “The city is ours.”
After so many years, so many disappointments in this fixture, and so much heartbreak and heartache, it was an emotional one too. This is a club and a fanbase that has suffered their lowest as their biggest foes have ridden the crest of a silverware-laden wave. All those taunts, all those jibes, all that devastation - all now a thing of the past. On April 24 - and that date is significant - the underdogs bit back, roared on by a crowd that has deserved far more nights like this in recent years.
That was because, and this is the simple reality, a truth that should be savoured, Liverpool could not cope. This was Sean Dyche football at its very best. Everton launched out of the traps and left Liverpool shellshocked. The illustrious names that run through the opposition line-up were reduced to clumsy, late fouls as they tried - and failed - to halt the growing momentum and belief from a home side that fed off the reaction their efforts sparked in the stands around them.
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