Everton’s cheeky match programme cover NEARLY backfires before Tarkowski saves Goodison from nightmare derby farewell

EVERTON’S cheeky matchday programme screen NEARLY backfired successful heartbreaking benignant successful the last Merseyside derby astatine Goodison Park.

The Toffees hosted their cross-city rivals astatine Goodison for the past ever clip tonight.

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Everton’s programme featured Mikel Arteta connected the cover[/caption]

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It astir backfired until James Tarkowski scored a melodramatic equaliser[/caption]

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His extremity denied Liverpool the accidental to instrumentality location the bragging rights[/caption]

Everton fans were afloat of excitement up of kick-off, with galore grabbing a programme arsenic a souvenir.

And they would person been treated to a screen featuring Toffees instrumentality favourite Mikel Arteta.

The representation is from Everton’s 2-0 derby time triumph implicit Liverpool backmost successful 2010, successful which the Spaniard netted the 2nd goal.

And galore fans judge that the nine were having a excavation astatine Liverpool by putting Arteta connected the cover.

This is down to him being the existent manager of the Reds’ rubric rivals Arsenal, who each Toffees volition beryllium backing successful the contention for Premier League glory.

Many reacted to the programme screen connected societal media.

One posted: “Everton cognize what they’re doing with this programme cover.”

A 2nd wrote: “Everton really enactment Mikel connected the screen of their programme hahaha.”

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A 3rd commented: “Everton person enactment Arteta connected the lucifer programme. Holy cringe.”

A 4th ddn;t look excessively impressed and said: “That lucifer programme Everton has done is perfectly embarrassing.”

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Arteta is Arne Slot’s main rival for the Premier League title[/caption]

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Liverpool made amusive of Everton’s deficiency of caller occurrence successful the stands[/caption]

Another added: “Classic hahaha.”

However, the gag astir backfired arsenic goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah enactment Liverpool up aft Beto‘s opener for the hosts.

It looked definite that the Reds would permission the historical crushed with bragging rights for the past time.

That was until the 98th infinitesimal erstwhile James Tarkowski netted a fantastic onslaught to earn Everton a draw.

The defender’s extremity saw celebrations erupt from the location extremity arsenic fans charged connected to the transportation to articulation the players.

It was not the lone spot of banter betwixt the clubs.

Liverpool fans held up a motion that poked amusive astatine Everton’s stadium move.

The motion read: “At slightest an bare furniture is easier to move” successful a jibe astatine the deficiency of caller occurrence of their neighbours.

The clash did descend into chaos astatine the full-time arsenic Liverpool’s Curtis Jones and Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucoure were sent off, on with Reds manager Arne Slot.