Conor Coady may be a Liverpool fan but the Everton defender showed absolutely no love for Reds ace Andy Robertson on Monday.
The Toffees headed across Stanley Park to take on Jurgen Klopp’s side on Monday night.
Having beaten Arsenal 1-0 in Sean Dyche’s first game, Everton fans were hoping for a repeat performance against Liverpool.
Liverpool found their form though as Mohamed Salah opened the scoring from a blistering counter attack.
Everton just couldn’t get themselves back into the game though and Cody Gakpo wrapped it up for the Reds with a crucial second goal.
It wouldn’t be a Merseyside derby without a flashpoint and the 85th minute gave us one.
Andy Robertson kicked the ball away from Jordan Pickford, sparking angry scenes as the goalkeeper pushed Robertson away.
Robertson reacted by laughing away to himself and Coady took offence to that, wading in to tell the Scot where to go.
Conor Coady defends Everton in light of Liverpool mocking
Coady is a boyhood Liverpool fan but he stepped up for Everton in that moment.
Nobody likes to lose a derby game but when an opponent is laughing in your face, it hurts even more.
Liverpool fans will understandably love their player being wind-up merchant and mocking their bitter rivals – who wouldn’t?
Everton supporters will have been angry though and Coady was clearly telling Robertson to go away… just in less polite terms.
It’s something small in the grand scheme of things and Coady would rather have come out as a winner last night.
Still, Coady showed a bit of fight and passion, something that will go down well with Sean Dyche and the Everton fanbase after a difficult night at Anfield.
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