Jamie Carragher issued an excellent dig at James Tarkowski and Everton over the latter’s stoppage time equaliser in opposition to Liverpool this season.
The Toffees defender struck within the 98th minute at Goodison Park in February to safe a degree for his facet and inflict what, on the time, felt like a major blow to the Reds’ Premier League title aspirations.
The aim felt significantly particular for the house followers that evening on condition that it was the ultimate Merseyside derby to be performed on the stadium, and it preceded stormy scenes which noticed purple playing cards issued to Curtis Jones, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Arne Slot and Sipke Hulshoff.
Carragher trolls Everton with ‘2-2 win’ remark
Tarkowski appeared as a visitor on Sky Sports activities‘ Monday Evening Soccer and, inevitably, his strike was proven on the programme.
Sharp as a tack, Carragher joked to the Everton defender: “It was a 2-2 win, wasn’t it?”…and the 32-year-old’s reply was revealing as he admitted: “Folks nonetheless discuss with it as a win – ‘you scored that winner’ – and it did really feel like a winner, to be trustworthy.”
Everton have Tarkowski’s aim; Liverpool have the Premier League title!
We get that Everton followers have been ecstatic at seeing their crew rating a stoppage time equaliser in a derby – who wouldn’t be jubilant in that state of affairs – however the subsquent pitch invasion by some supporters was a bit of excessive!
That Tarkowski – who by some means averted a purple card within the reverse fixture final month – publicly said that it felt like a win to the Toffees exhibits how a lot pleasure they soak up thwarting Liverpool, and in recent times they haven’t had a lot else to shout about aside from their annoyingly good file at house in Merseyside derbies.
Whereas that last-gasp aim was most likely the spotlight of the season for a lot of of their followers, Reds supporters are as an alternative revelling in a record-equalling twentieth league title, which was secured in emphatic style final weekend with 4 matches to spare.
Carragher received’t have loved watching again the 32-year-old’s equaliser, however he had his comeback prepared for Evertonians, and the consequence finally proved to be nothing greater than a momentary annoyance in a marketing campaign of tangible success for LFC!
