Watch moment Everton star sparks mass Goodison brawl by goading Liverpool fans before furious Curtis Jones wades in

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THE last Merseyside derby astatine Goodison Park finished with a melodramatic precocious Everton equaliser and a brawl successful beforehand of the distant end.

Liverpool had been connected the brink of beating the Toffees, lone for James Tarkowski‘s 98th infinitesimal thunderbolt to earn a 2-2 draw.

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Liverpool's Curtis Jones and Everton players clashing aft a match.

Curtis Jones was furious with Abdoulaye Doucoure[/caption]

Everton players celebrating during a match.

The Liverpool prima was grabbed by Ashley Young and Carlos Alcaraz aft angrily confronting Doucoure[/caption]

Liverpool's Curtis Jones (17) is held backmost by stewards aft a shot match.

Jones had to beryllium calmed down by his team-mates and security[/caption]

Liverpool and Everton players successful a post-match altercation.

Several players were progressive successful the confrontation[/caption]

Doucoure had celebrated successful beforehand of the distant end[/caption]

After the last whistle, a joyous Abdoulaye Doucoure celebrated successful beforehand of the Liverpool supporters.

Local lad Curtis Jones instantly took contented with Doucoure’s gesture, racing implicit to face the midfielder.

Jones, 24, furiously grabbed Doucoure’s shirt, with Ashley Young and Carlos Alcaraz instantly trying to propulsion him disconnected their team-mate.

Darwin Nunez and Alexis Mac Allister swiftly ran implicit to backmost up their man, attempting to propulsion Doucoure away.

Several much players joined the brawl earlier constabulary officers stepped successful to effort to calm the confrontation.

As the brace were yet separated, Reds players including Ibrahima Konate tried desperately to calm Jones down, with the England planetary inactive angrily trying to get astatine Doucoure.

Goalscorer Tarkowski did his champion to get his team-mate arsenic acold distant from the confrontation arsenic possible.

Jones, meanwhile, was pulled distant and spoken to by Liverpool archetypal squad manager Johnny Heitinga, ironically formerly of Everton.

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Arne Slot, Liverpool manager, speaking with a referee.

Arne Slot was sent disconnected by Michael Oliver[/caption]

Abdoulaye Doucoure of Everton and Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool aft a shot match.

Doucoure exchanged words with Virgil van Dijk aft the incident[/caption]

Referee showing a reddish paper to a shot player.

Oliver showed 3 reddish cards successful total[/caption]

Having been booked during the match, Jones was past shown a 2nd yellowish paper by referee Michael Oliver, meaning that he’ll miss this Sunday’s Anfield clash with Wolves.

Doucoure, 32, was besides brandished a 2nd yellow, ruling him retired of Saturday’s travel to Crystal Palace.

Liverpool brag Arne Slot exchanged words with Oliver arsenic the brace shook hands.

The frustrated Dutchman was subsequently besides shown a reddish paper by the referee arsenic was his adjunct Sipke Hulshoff.

Everton had gone 1-0 up connected 11 minutes courtesy of Beto, lone for Mac Allister to equalise hardly 5 minutes later.

Mo Salah restored Liverpool’s pb successful the 73rd minute, earlier Tarkowski’s last-gasp leveller.

The gully sees Liverpool widen their pb astatine the apical of the Premier League array to 7 points.

Everton, meanwhile, are up to 27 points – level with West Ham and Tottenham.

After the game, frustrated Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk called the brushwood Everton’s “cup final”.

‘VERY DISAPPOINTING’

He told TNT Sports: “Intense, it was ever going to beryllium intense. A batch of battles.

“Very disappointing to concede successful the past 2nd of the game, oregon adjacent implicit other time, but it is what it is. It isn’t casual to judge it, particularly successful the mode how, but we instrumentality it and determination on.

“I deliberation the referee had a large portion successful the crippled contiguous successful presumption of definite challenges were fixed arsenic fouls and akin weren’t.

“In the extremity it is conscionable disappointing to concede a precise bully strike, but a disappointing one.

“This is their cupful last and they would effort to bash everything successful their powerfulness to marque it hard for us. It is simply a large boost for them but a stroke for us.”