Jamie Carragher issued a superb dig at James Tarkowski and Everton over the latter’s stoppage time equaliser towards Liverpool this season.
The Toffees defender struck within the 98th minute at Goodison Park in February to safe a degree for his aspect and inflict what, on the time, felt like a big blow to the Reds’ Premier League title aspirations.
The aim felt significantly particular for the house followers that night time provided that it was the ultimate Merseyside derby to be performed on the stadium, and it preceded stormy scenes which noticed pink 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 Night time 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 check with it as a win – ‘you scored that winner’ – and it did really feel like a winner, to be trustworthy.”
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Everton have Tarkowski’s aim; Liverpool have the Premier League title!
We get that Everton followers have been ecstatic at seeing their staff 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 someway averted a pink card within the reverse fixture final month – publicly acknowledged 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 dwelling in Merseyside derbies.
Whereas that last-gasp aim was in all probability the spotlight of the season for a lot of of their followers, Reds supporters are as a substitute revelling in a record-equalling twentieth league title, which was secured in emphatic trend 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 end result finally proved to be nothing greater than a momentary annoyance in a marketing campaign of tangible success for LFC!
