Van Dijk scores 100th-minute winner as Liverpool beat Everton in Merseyside derby

[p]The backdrop may have been different, but the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/everton/KluSTr9s/"]Everton[/a] fans brought the familiar Goodison Park atmosphere to their new home in the build-up to kick-off.[/p][p]David Moyes’ side almost made the perfect start, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beto/EPUEfWCc/"]Beto[/a] flicked a header goalwards that was pushed away by the diving [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mamardashvili-giorgi/lxnsUkIc/"]Giorgi Mamardashvili[/a].[/p][p]The Georgian then kept out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garner-james/zctP50uI/"]James Garner[/a]’s whipped free-kick before Beto side-footed well wide when he raced through one-on-one, as the Toffees continued to make all the early running.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="7badeb5b-4ae5-47dd-85ad-597dcacd74ad" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="d2edaa45-c70e-4db0-891f-04f8b381e118" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p]It took [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] until the 21st minute to register their first shot, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gakpo-cody/pWyuBud0/"]Cody Gakpo[/a]’s effort was blocked by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tarkowski-james/Mu9cCtLo/"]James Tarkowski[/a]. [/p][p]The Reds were second-best, but the game turned on two incidents in three minutes midway through the half.[/p][p]First, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ndiaye-iliman/Im0c6Oy7/"]Iliman Ndiaye[/a] thought he had given Everton a 27th-minute lead, but the goal was disallowed after VAR ruled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/o-brien-jake/Sfgwnrmh/"]Jake O’Brien[/a] was marginally offside in the build-up, denying Ndiaye the distinction of being the first Merseyside derby goalscorer on this ground.[/p][p][b]That honour went to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"]Mohamed Salah[/a] moments later, as the Egyptian latched onto Gakpo’s brilliant pass to finish first-time and join [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gerrard-steven/SErvzq6h/"]Steven Gerrard[/a] as Liverpool’s joint-highest PL goalscorer in this fixture (9).[/b][/p][p]Gakpo almost doubled the lead three minutes before half time when he cut inside and unleashed a curling effort that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pickford-jordan/SKTJdUtH/"]Jordan Pickford[/a] had to tip over.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="1477afaa-d0ac-4aea-8d84-2d4f6d080b86" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="61791501-7d85-4dad-8d56-5b33be8231a6" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]Liverpool started the second half in the ascendancy, but the momentum swung again nine minutes after the break when Beto slid home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dewsbury-hall-kiernan/p2OLMO3D/"]Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall[/a]’s low cross to score his eighth PL goal of the season.[/b][/p][p]Mamardashvili was injured in the challenge and had to be replaced by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/woodman-frederick/lz3Id13R/"]Freddie Woodman[/a], making his PL debut for the Reds - and his first top-flight appearance since September 2021.[/p][p]The game opened up from there and Gakpo saw a header cleared off the line by Tarkowski before Ndiaye stung the palms of Woodman with a fierce shot from a tight angle.[/p][p][b]A late injury to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/branthwaite-jarrad/QNEAuZc1/"]Jarrad Branthwaite[/a] meant 11 minutes of stoppage time were added on, and the visitors capitalised as Van Dijk headed home [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/szoboszlai-dominik/dERKtqoo/"]Dominik Szoboszlai[/a]’s corner to snatch victory for the Reds.[/b][/p][embed guid="b9841f7a-b714-42fd-b1d0-2e9b0156db68" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2045882106849419335" social-type="twitter" /][p]The victory eases the pressure on under-fire boss Arne Slot, as well as securing a third successive Liverpool victory against their local rivals for the first time since 2017. [/p][p]The Toffees remain only one point off sixth-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a], so are still very much in the hunt for Europe, but this last-gasp defeat will hurt for a long time and leaves them with one win in four matches.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-dijk-virgil/U59RNqOr/"]Virgil van Dijk[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/everton-KluSTr9s/liverpool-lId4TMwf/?mid=GtGge8Ks"]Catch up on the match here[/a][/b][/p]