The England goalkeeper’s blunder gifted Liverpool the win on Sunday, but many Toffees fans rallied behind their stopper.
It’s a tough life being a goalkeeper.
You can deliver solid performances week in, week out, yet all it takes is one error in judgement to mess everything up.
Everton’s Jordan Pickford knows what that feels like now, having gifted Liverpool’s Divock Origi the winning goal in Sunday’s Merseyside derby.
The 24-year-old miscued Virgil van Dijk’s shanked attempt at a volley, which was dipping down towards goal, and decided to put his hands to it.
In hindsight, the ball was shown to be heading out, and in a freak occurrence, Pickford’s scoop bounced back off the woodwork – remaining in play – before falling kindly to Origi.
The England international went over to apologise to the visiting supporters after full time in Sunday’s 1-0 Premier League loss at Anfield and he has now gone public with his apology.
“I will say sorry to the Everton fans again, because I know how much it means to them,” he told Sky Sports News. “As players, we know how much it means to us.
“I will be ready for Newcastle on Wednesday. We know we held our own against a good Liverpool side for 96 minutes.”
Many Everton fans were forgiving of Pickford’s error and took to Twitter to back their number one:
Some Toffees fans, meanwhile, contrasted their backing of Pickford to how a number of Liverpool fans seemingly reacted after Loris Karius’ errors in the Champions League final:
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